Manufacturing An Eight Inch High Explosive Howitzer Shell
New for June 2025
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6m 38s
The production of shells during WWI introduced unprecedented levels of mechanization to the metal industry. Just a couple of years before this film was made, machinists staged a series of strikes, opposing the de-skilling and work intensification that threatened their work. Yet, these struggles are absent in the detached, sublime depiction of the technology needed to make a shell.
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