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Antiaircraft gun carriage. One of the many machine operations on a partially assembled carriage for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun. This is a typical scene as heavy industry gets into gear in America's war program. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A huge stockpile of equilibrator springs await assembly into the carriage for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun. This is a typical scene as heavy industry gets into gear in America's war program. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A huge stockpile of equilibrator springs await assembly into the carriage for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun. This is a typical scene as heavy industry gets into gear in America's war program. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriages come down the assembly line. In the foreground, the frame for the carriage is assembled. War production program scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industry plant now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Final inspection of a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage assembly. America's war program requires increased production of these precision instruments of protection, designed to bring down the best-armoured, the fastest-flying enemy aircraft. Production scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industrial engineering plant now converted almost entirely to military production. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriages come down the assembly line. In the foreground, the frame for the carriage is assembled. War production program scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industry plant now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage.Thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriages on the assembly line. After the frame has been assembled these workers start to assemble the various parts. Bearing ring for the gun mount, outrigger mountings, etc. War Program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. The top carriage of a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage receives the final assembly operations. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood CIty, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A leveling socket for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage is machined in a turret lathe. The leveling assembly permits the gun to be kept on an even keel on all types of terrain. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood CIty, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. One of the many machine operations on a partially assembled carriage for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun. This is a typical scene as heavy industry gets into gear in America's war program. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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pennsylvania lawrence county ellwood city safety film negatives antiaircraft gun carriage antiaircraft gun carriage machine operations machine operations thirty seven millimeter thirty seven millimeter antiaircraft gun scene industry gear america war program war program production war program production scene plants industry plants equipment aetna ellwood city 1940s 40s united states history 1940 s library of congress