The great drive for more guns and more munitions is gaining fresh impetus every hour. Girls of 17 are working shoulder to shoulder in the production of arms for the fighting men. Many of the girls are putting in 12 hours a day, and all the men are working a 70-hour week. Practically all the machinery is working full pressure, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Upper : Experts examining the barrels of machine guns and Bren guns. In front of them are stacked hundreds of such barrels, all awaiting individual examination. Lower : The last test. An assembled Bren gun being fired on a range in a test for accuracy.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21167, 17 July 1940, Page 10
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111The great drive for more guns and more munitions is gaining fresh impetus every hour. Girls of 17 are working shoulder to shoulder in the production of arms for the fighting men. Many of the girls are putting in 12 hours a day, and all the men are working a 70-hour week. Practically all the machinery is working full pressure, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Upper : Experts examining the barrels of machine guns and Bren guns. In front of them are stacked hundreds of such barrels, all awaiting individual examination. Lower : The last test. An assembled Bren gun being fired on a range in a test for accuracy. Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21167, 17 July 1940, Page 10
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