1940 War effort documented by footage of bomb damage and factory workers

Date: 30th May 1940

Location: Europe, U.K.

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: The Battlefield in Europe

EUROPE: Various:

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FACTORIES CARTRIDGE cases, shells. gun barrels.furness. rifles and brens being made

SHELLS Shell and cartridge cases at factory

WAR Battlefield of Europe .. BEF wounded, debris, ruins, German prisoners,tanks & munition Factory

British Expeditionary Force; Military - Injured; Air Raids and War Damage; Vehicles; Munitions and Armaments; Medicine and Health

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