Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers are preparing a reinforced band which will be attached longitudinally around the barrage balloon. This band carries most of the rigging by which the balloon is controlled from the ground. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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.
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Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 1039.