Weapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring of steel" which will protect this country from any possible enemy

Weapons from waste. Everytime street railway tracks are ripped out to make way for a bus line, it means additional tons of steel for the defense of democracy. Unused trolley and railroad and railway equipment and rails will provide much of the scrap steel needed for defense production

Weapons from waste. Old tractor, old carts, old boilers, old buckets. They look pretty useless, don't they? Actually, they're some of the vital scrap metal Uncle Sam needs and needs badly, for the production of guns, planes, ships and tanks

Weapons from waste. This is where they come in. These old shells rested for years, along with thousands of other discarded articles, in a junkyard, but now they'll be given another chance to serve their country. Junk today, they'll be melted down to provide the streamlined armament of tomorrow

Weapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring of steel" which will protect this country from any possible enemy

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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 Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 806.

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Weapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring of steel" which will protect this country from any possible enemy

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Weapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring of steel" which will protect this country from any possible enemy

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