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[WWI, Homefront Airplane Manufacturing Handley Page, R1, Pt. 2 of 2
10:34:47 Flash title: Flawless spruce, long enough for wing beams is rare, therefore beams often are spliced. The joints are grooved to give the glue the maximum grip.
10:34:48 Two men gluing joints together.
10:35:17 Flash title: The wing beams. These main supports of the wings are hollowed out on a routing machine to make them lighter without loss of strength.
10:35:34 Large machine measuring strength of trimmed beam w/ pressure increased until it breaks.
10:36:13 Flash title: Assembling the wings.
Scenes of men & women assembling aircraft wings. Shots of factory floor.
10:37:41 Flash title: The wingcoverings are of fine Irish linen and 150 yards are used for each plane.
10:37:42 Women covering aircraft wings w/ cloth. Stitching in MCU.
10:38:38 Flash title: An airplane is supported by suction not by pressure & were it not for the stitches the covering would be torn from the wings.
10:38:40 Woman standing at racks stitching.
10:39:05 Flash title: Frayed tape is stretched over the stitching. CU tape laid over stitches & men applying w/ glue.
10:39:18 Flash title: The wings are coated w/ a hardening chemical that shrinks the tough linen to drum tightness.
10:39:19 Scenes of men applying hardening chemical.
10:39:37 Flash title: The insignia of the U.S. Air Service is applied by process of transfer ink.
10:39:38 MS's of women applying insignia.
10:40:32 Men assembling biplane wings; pan over factory floor w/ many wings ready to assemble. Men move them & attach w/ struts & tension wires. Carry wing.
10:42:30 Flash title: America will have a host of battleplanes like these that are shown to you in the making.
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WW1 Homefront; Military Aviation Industry; 1917; 1918; Airplane Assembly;
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