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Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Gears for guns-for-victory. Hundreds of these precision cut gears roll off specially designed gear-cutters daily in the Bofors plant of a large rubber factory. When assembled, they'll be part of the Bofors forty- millimeter anti-aircraft gun mounts and carriages, some of the war essentials now manufactured in a plant whose sole product used to be tires for the family sedan

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Gears for guns-for-victory. Hundreds o...

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

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. The machine of bronze rings gears for the production of Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns mounts and carriages at a large Midwest rubber factory involves skilled precision operations. Here an expert workman is making the final cut on a vertical turret lathe. When this operation is complete, the bronze ring will be moved to the gear for the concluding operation

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. The machine of bronze rings gears for ...

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

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks welded gun carriages for Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. These carriages and Bofor gun mounts are now manufactured in a large Midwest rubber company which has been converted to production of war necessities. Originally, Bofors carriages were riveted and required many additional operations in assembling, but company engineers have produced this welded construction which has reduced time and cost of manufacture and produced a much stronger, one-piece article

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks wel...

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

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. The final operation in the manufacture of gun carriages for the Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns is taking place on this horizontal milling machine. A workman of a large Midwest rubber company converted to war production is milling the top bearing trunion pads or supports. When this operation is complete, the carriage will be ready for attachment to the chassis which supports the gun and barrel

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. The final operation in the manufacture...

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

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. He has a vital job in the manufacture of forty-millimeter Bofors gun mounts and carriages. This arc welder wearing a protective mask is completing a skilled operation on part of a gun mount in a large Midwest rubber factory now converted to war production

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. He has a vital job in the manufacture ...

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

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Machined to watch-like precision, these hundreds of parts which go into Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft gun mounts and carriages for the U.S. Army must pass the most rigid inspection tests before they can be accepted in the Bofors manufacture. This employee of a large Midwest rubber company, now converted to production of war necessities, examines some of the 1,500 separate parts which are required in the assembling of the Bofors mounts and carriages

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Machined to watch-like precision, thes...

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