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Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies

12002-66. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add More

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). The carburator is installed before this 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine is placed in one of the Army's huge M-3 tanks. This mechanic is employed at the Chrysler tank arsenal, on the outskirts of Detroit, where these twenty-eight ton tanks are being made

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

War Production Board launches auto graveyard program. W.F. Breuer, regional representative of the auto salvage section, War Production Board, starts preliminary survey of jaloppies available for war production use. Miss Jane McCullough of the WPB local office takes notes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

War Board launches auto graveyard program. W.F. Breuer, regional representative of the Auto Salvage Section, War Production Board, starts preliminary survey of jaloppies available for war production use. Miss Jane McCullough of the WPB local office takes notes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Three Thirds of the ation. Janet Eberhardt, girl who handles Sovonox on War Production Board (WPB) radio program Three Thirds of the Nation and produces wierd voice effects. She works in a little portable room set on the studio stage and watches director Pierce through the window for cues

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Three Thirds of a Nation. Here's the Three Thirds of a Nation Orchestra in motion. Leith Stevens, veteran radio musician, handles orchestrations, directs the orchestra for this War Production Board (WPB) radio series presented Wednesdays on the Blue Network

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble intricate electrical parts to be used in America's fighting planes at a large West Coast aircraft factory. The supervisor passes down the line, gives advice for speeding up operations, solves problems and keeps supplies flowing. Vega

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. Multiple duty for war housing trailer tires. Back from a trailer housing site comes this Department of Agriculture truck with 150 tires on which new war housing trailers were delivered from the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Upon delivery, trailers are shifted to horses. Wheels and tires are removed and sent back for the delivery of other wooden trailers. The original plan was to leave them on the trailers to make fast evacuation of trailers and workers possible. The acute tire shortage made the plan unfeasible

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long row of new privately-financed housing projects in a critical housing area

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes for Uncle Sam's fighing flyers at a West Coast plant. Here, Mrs. Fern Evans, Pearl Harbor widow, works on a radio bracket for a bomber with a young mechanic. Mrs. Evans, who had no previous mechanical experience when she applied for work in February, now reads blueprints and is able to proceed with various accessory assemblies for bombers with little supervision from leadmen

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Three Thirds of the Nation. Edmund Lowe, screen veteran, takes a major role on the War Production Board (WPB)'s radio program, Three Thirds of the Nation, presented Wednesday, May 27

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

Production. War housing trailers. Fifteen gallon water tanks for war housing trailers are made in the metal shop of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles. Experiments to find satisfactory substitutes for metal tanks have not been successful to date. The nearest approach to a solution was a specially treated wooden tank

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. Pre-painted parts for the housing trailers are quickly dried in the force drying room of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles. In many cases, drying time is reduced from twenty-four to one or two hours, and great saving of space is effected

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship leaves the main assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. The station stand has been swept clear and the ship is being lowered away to rest on its own wheels. From here it will be rolled to a test field where propellers will be installed. If trial flights and final inspections prove it satisfactory, the ship will be delivered to the Army

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. With the aid of a powerful light, a Lockheed inspector checks rivets in all but the inaccessible wing section of a YP-38 plane wing

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. War housing trailers. A complete side assembly of a war housing trailer is set in place and secured at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. At this stage, the trailer chassis is held on jacks to give stability and to make fitting of sections fast and accurate

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, this mechanic in a large Western plant makes a final check on a landing gear hydraulic system. That big round object in the foreground is a rubber tire. Remember?

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The company publications take up the cry too. This issue introduces special bus service for those employees living in city areas, urges others to double up and make full use of available cars

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. When the company first offered bus transportation, employees were dubious, but responded to salesmanship. Once tried, they found that they saved time, money and parking worries. Result: six busses put in service in April have catapulted to eighty-four busses on June 1, with demand for more. The girl here is selling ticket book

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

War housing. Lompoc trailer camp. A war housing trailer made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles is backed into place at a Lompoc, California project. The long, long lines of trailers are homes for war workers' families. Wooden horses are used to support the trailers and save tires for use on other trailers

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Slots on "ride cafeteria" board, showing arrangement by district and by shift to assist plant employees in car pooling

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

James B. Harvey, recently appointed Director for Priorities for the Western area, greets Andrew L. Kerr, District Priorities Manager with headquarters at San Francisco, California

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes are accurately assembled in jigs at a large Western aircraft plant. These wings are attached to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line in which engines, landing gear, controls and other equpment are also installed

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Ventura bombers. The "Pony Express" driver in a large Western aircraft plant rounds the corner of "Bataan Boulevard," one of the assembly lines on which many fighting and bombing planes are being built. His work is to distribute parts for Ventura bombers and other mighty ships of our new air armada. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. War housing trailers. Men on the assembly line of Western Trailer Company are assigned by stations and perform the same series of tasks on successive trailers. Here, a front end receives a treatment of casein glue over which Masonite will be applied

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and Whitney automatic tool room machine in a large Western aircraft plant. He is working on a flap track for a Lockheed Model 58

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Women aircraft workers. Three little maids in aircraft school? They're learning the use of templates, used in training material for bullet proofing gas tanks in a West Coast airplane factory. Vega

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's collection--made by employees of a large Western aircraft plant. These same workers are making another, and more important, contribution to America's war effort: they are producing a steady stream of Ventura bombers and other fighting and bombing planes. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-holder, ready to be photographed in the test laboratory of a big Western aircraft plant. The numeral figures being placed on the film are made of lead and will stop the X-ray beam. A clean, sharp number is left on the film for future identification of the part

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro and a white worker team up to raise the production rate of a big Western aircraft plant

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Three-blade variable pitch propellers are prepared for installation on Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes at a large Western aircraft plant. The planes they will pull have been performing brilliantly as interceptors of enemy aircraft

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant check the installation of guns in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. As the ship travels from one station to another along the main assembly line, wings, engines, armament and other essential equipment are installed

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer is assembled and finished in the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Corners are plastic, rounded sections made of paper especially treated to give it great hardness and durability

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. But the company is worried about Don's transportation, too, and the transportation of thousands upon thousands of people in the same predicament. In the plant's sign shop, painters prepare eye-catching posters urging tire conservation

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The old clunker in front is a school bus, serving a nearby rural community. School busses can transport both war plant warriors and school children in most cases, and may be the solution to transportation problems of workers living in small communities

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a large Western aircraft factory. Since variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, a faulty landing-gear or a stalled engine, men like this are now at an all time premium

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long row of new privately-financed housing projects in a critical housing area

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. Completely painted and baked hard in an oven, a war housing trailer rolls onto the final assembly finishing line of Western Trailer Company at Los Angeles. High-grade inlaid linoleum floor covering, lacking only the familier burlap backing of pre-war linoleum, is applied

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. Samples for microscope inspection--a lowly rivet, a screw, an extruded part--prepared by a test engineer in a large Western aircraft plant. Samples are embedded in bakelite, polished to mirror finish, then etched with acid to bring out the grain. A faulty grain structure, as revealed through the microscope, will show up low-grade material or faulty processing methods in the manufacture of the part

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Three Thirds of the Nation. Here is the cast of the War Production Board (WPB) radio program "Steel." Rehearsal is over and the cast relaxes for a few minutes before going on the air. The actors shown here are Edward Arnold, Howard McNeer, Frank Graham, Fred Shields, Janet Eberhardt, Pat McGeehan, Cy Kendall, Eric Rolf, Lou Merrill, Lucille Meredith, Joe Kearns and Glen Ford

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. After a day's work, the average rider group stops at a tavern on the way home. Most have beer. Mary sticks to Coke. All listen to Jerry telling what appears to be an interesting story

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Small section for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes are prepared for subassembly in a large Western aircraft plant. The completed subassemblies travel along lines that eventually meet the main assembly line from which finished planes are rolled outdoors for the installation of propellers

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at a West Coast aircraft factory. A leadman explains the use of wiring jigs in making up assembly to three of the plant's attractive young war workers. Lockhead

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Electric power. Panel boards at Vega Aircraft Plant. Here the flow of electric power to thousands of machines and hand power tools is controlled. These boards play an important part in the production of planes for our armed forces. Vega Aircraft Corporation

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. High on the wing of a Vega Ventura bomber, these girl electricians complete a complicated wiring assembly

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A drill operator in a Western aircraft plant, using a drill jig on the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On the final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Instructions to drivers who have transportation to offer fellow workers at the Lockheed Vega aircraft plant

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. Aircraft mechanics check the installation of a 50,000 candle-power landing light in the wing of a YP-38 plane under construction in a large Western plant

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane is "mated" with a center section in a large Western aircraft plant. The partly-finished ship will then travel down the main assembly line for the installation of engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of young women employed in a West Coast aircraft factory applies identifying marking tape to plumbing sub-assemblies. Vega

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are woking on an electrical panel

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Aircraft. A young woman worker operates a heavy punch-press in a large Western aircraft plant. A new hair net keeps her hair out of harm's way; gloves protect her hands from metal splinters

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Ventura bomber. Along the well-lighted length of the "MacArthur Boulevard" in a large Western aircraft plant are the assembly lines from which a steady stream of Ventura bombers is pouring. This section of one of the lines gives some idea of the rate at which production is moving. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Cards requesting transportation are filled out by company employees

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. Knotty pine walls and beamed ceilings give the prefabricated Westcraft home a neat, cozy interior. The door in the background opens into a bathroom, equipped with full-size standard fixtures, including shower. The house may be assembled in four to six hours by inexperienced men, in half the time by skilled carpenters. It may be dismantled in even less time for removal to another site. It is made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles, builders of the war housing trailers

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. Trailer accessories as well as war housing trailers themselves are made in the well equipped Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A cabinet-maker is shown sanding down a folding table, which is standard equipment in these rolling homes. The cabinet shop turns out all wood fittings, partitions, cabinets and furniture

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, including center and nose section, is swung over a rolling cradle to begin its trip down the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. As the ship moves from station to station along this line it will receive its engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships that have successfully passed inspection for routine test flights are transferred to the Lockheed air terminal. Here flight mechanics take over and prepare them for the flight test. These ships have performed beautifully in action, notably in the Aleutians. They are excellent high-altitude fighters and rank among the world's fastest combat aircraft. Their long-range and great firepower give promise of their value as escorts for high- altitude bombers

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Women aircraft workers. Perched high on the wing of a giant bomber, women of a large West Coast aircraft factory are speeding the installation of electrical units controlling the engine. In this, as in many other U.S. plants, women are gradually replacing or augmenting men on assembly lines, doing important and highly critical work and doing it well

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A liquid-cooled turbo-supercharged Allison engine is installed in a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. This engine has carried the P-38 through brilliant performances in the Aleutians. The P-38 is an excellent high- altitude fighter with great firepower. Its speed at its best altitude gives it rank among the world's fastest fighting aircraft

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls they left behind for the great job they're doing on America's production line. These two young women are working on the control column of a giant bomber at one of the West Coast's aricraft factories. Vega

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. Airplanes. Members of a swing shift at a large Western aircraft plant meet during a lunch period. Allison engines are in the background

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, just returned from flight tests, is checked and reconditioned in the test hangar of a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ship will be ready for delivery to the Army. The P-38 has performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. Its long range and great firepower give it real promise as an escort for high-altitude bombers. At its best altitude, the P-38 is one of the world's fastest fighting planes

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. An engineer in the laboratory of a large Western aircraft plant tests a standard Army weld sample. At irregular intervals every welder working on Army contract material must make the "tee" weld shown here. This sample has failed, as part of the break has occurred in the weld rather than in the parent material. The welder must now produce a satisfactory weld sample before he can again work on Army aircraft material

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. War housing trailers. A war housing trailer moves onto the assembly line of Western Trailer Company at Los Angeles. The chassis of the next trailer, in the foreground, is almost ready to receive sides

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. With Jerry's arrival, his fellow workers pile into his car, homeward bound. Here is an excellent example of employee car pooling

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer comes in for attention at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. High catwalks give easy access to the top as blue wadding is laid over the entire surface. The spongy softness of this material will compress under the final fabric top. The wadding covers all nail and screw heads and any possible rough edges, ensuring a smooth final job

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Priorities Clinic, Los Angeles, California. Phillip McCullough addresses gathering of Western District Priorities managers and assistants, gathered at Los Angeles for Priorities Clinic. Record shot for Washburne, Los Angeles Branch Information Officer. Mr. McCullough is acting Regional Director of Priorities for the Western area

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Production. Aircraft. This Negro worker using a portable electric drill on a YP-38 subassembly in a large Western aircraft plant was trained in a very short time to do fast, accurate work

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Three Thirds of the Nation. Edward Arnold hits punch line on the War Production Board (WPB) radio program "Steel," presented over Blue Network on May 6. In background, director Sam Pierce signals Meredith Wilson to come in with music

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash More

Production. War housing trailers. Lining panels of 18 inch fir plywood go into place on a war housing trailer under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Mahogany, formerly used in most house trailer lining jobs, is now on the shortage list

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane takes form on the production line. The wings and the Allison engines are already in place, and the ship now stands on its own wheels. It still requires many detail jobs before completion, but they are done rapidly under a well-ordered plan, and the plane will soon be rolled out for the fitting of propellers

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Production. War housing trailers. The trailer door is the last major assembly to be fitted to a war housing trailer at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The worker in the background is installing clearance light fittings. The vehicle is now ready for the final paint job

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Three Thirds of the Nation. Pretty Connie Haines, singer on the War Production Board (WPB) radio program Three Thirds of a Nation, presented Wednesdays on the Blue Network. How about more girls like Connie?

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Women aircraft workers. An attractive brunette performs a job vital to Uncle Sam's victory push. She's one of the hundreds of women employed by a West Coast aircraft plant, pictured at work on a complex electrical assembly. Vega

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Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles has also undertaken the construction of prefabricated houses. Known as the "Westcraft home," it is the conception of James H. Thomas Richards, designer

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Women aircraft workers. In a West Coast aircraft plant, this young woman is trimming material for the bullet proofing of gas tanks. The material is developed from pure latex, is highly gasoline solvent and seals bullet holes

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Resuming their homeward drive, Jerry stops the car for Mary, the first out. She lives about six miles from the plant

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Production. Aircraft. Here's one good reason why refrigerator freezing trays and other aluminum gadgets are out for the duration. On trays in the background are hundreds of aluminum castings going into Lockheed bombers and fighters. Every prime casting is "explored" in a huge X-ray camera like the one seen here. On X-ray film, flaws that might cause failure of these vital parts show up plainly to the expert eye, and the part is discarded

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Production. Airplanes. A machinist's apprentice on a Universal boring machine in a big Western airplane plant. Cutting a part for a manufacturing jig with a twelve inch milling cutter

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Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? She can't forget it, for Fern Evans's husband was one of America's fighting men who died in action on December 7 aboard the USS West Virginia. Mrs. Evans has been employed at a huge West Coast aircraft plant since February and is supporting herself and twenty-month-old son. She's shown here working on a radio bracket for a bomber

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Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailers under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. The cabinet work of this trailer is nearly completed. Drawers, locker doors, sink top and other prefinished parts will be installed after the trailer has gone through the final painting and bake oven processes

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War housing. Lompoc trailer camp. A war housing trailer with wheels and tires removed is supported solidly and safely on heavy wooden horses. The number of removed tires are carefully recorded. Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles makes large numbers of these homes for war workers

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Women aircraft workers. Women work on both sides of the counter at this West Coast aircraft factory. A drill press operator here swaps a tool check for a drill which is given to her by one of the tool crib keepers. Lockhead

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in a Western aircraft plant. Here the trailing edge of a center section is "mated" to the main beam. On a final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

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Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of photogenic drill press operators who are turning out parts for Uncle Sam's fighting planes in a West Coast airplane factory

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Women aircraft workers. Looks like "boy meets girl" in wartime and in war plants, but it's serious business here, for these two are among the hundreds of young people employed in a West Coast aircraft plant. He's a leadman and is instructing her in the use of a power rivet-squeezing machine

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John H. Martin, assistant director of policy for the Priorities Division addresses manufacturers' representatives at Los Angeles meeting of traveling priorities clinic

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Production. War housing trailers. Paper replaces steel as material for trailer wheel wells at the Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. The picture shows the close bond between successive layers of paper smoothed on over a forging mold. The secret of the final hardness and the strength of the material lies in the formula of the solution with which the paper is impregnated. Round corners of the trailer toes, formerly made of metal, are also made by this process

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Three Thirds of a Nation. Phil Dorn, film and radio actor, takes the mike to do his role on the War Production Board (WPB) radio program Three Thirds of a Nation, presented Wednesdays on the Blue Network

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Production. Ventura bombers. When these birds of war are full fledged they will be assigned to chores in which Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome will have an active and painful interest. These planes in the jigs of a large Western aircraft plant are Ventura bombers in the making. Overhead cranes move the ships from station to station of the assembly line. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

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War housing. Lompoc trailer camp. Tires of a war housing trailer are removed as soon as this home for a war worker's family is delivered. The Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles uses these tires for further deliveries. The branded tires may be seen at the top

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa More

Women aircraft workers. Looks like "boy meets girl" in wartime and in war plants, but it's serious business here, for these two are among the hundreds of young people employed in a West Coast aircraft plant. He's a leadman and is instructing her in the use of a power rivet-squeezing machine

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More