DEFENCE: World War II: Mines being manufactured at a munitions factory (1941)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit An exclusive Paramount photo-report looking behind-the-scenes at how mines are made for the Navy in a munitions factory in England during World War II. (Munitions and Armaments / mines / explosive devices / Second World War / WWII) Full Description: SLATE: Mines in Millions ENGLAND: EXT / AT SEA Minelayer at sea Sailors pushing mine over board Mine into water Mines in sea Near Oxford: INT Presses in factory Men putting steel plate into press Workman pulling lever of press Press, top half descending to partly form sheet of steel Press working Cog wheel turning Press rising and men removing pressed half of casing for mine Men putting the same section into another press to be made deeper Press coming down Press going up and men removing section of mine case Men putting two sections into jig for welding together Two s