A compilation of film of factory production of war material in Britain and throughout the Empire.

A minimal degree of continuity is provided by film of King George VI visiting various factories; also much use is made of general film of men and women working on lathes at unidentifiable jobs, and stock shots of completed articles (eg Hurricanes, a surface-launched torpedo etc). Film includes: shipbuilding, aircraft construction (aero-engines, Spitfires), building airfields, making and packing parachutes, AA guns, Cruiser tanks (track fitted); South African factories produce cartridges, shells, guns, armoured cars; Indian workers train in Britain; Australian plant makes guns etc; Canada produces carriers and bombs. Transatlantic Convoy (shot of Churchill greeting one during Atlantic Charter conference); American lend-lease material unloaded: munitions, M-3 tanks, predictors, Thompson guns (British inspectors).

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Remarks: fourth of 4 newsreel compilations - see remarks to THE EMPIRE'S NEW ARMIES (CBE 201).