1942 UK: World War 2: New rubber factory opens

Date: 29th June 1942

Location: ENGLAND

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

SLATE INFORMATION: RECLAIMED RUBBER STEPS INTO BREACH

ENGLAND

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GV rubber dumps burning

LTV pan rubber storage sheds burning

GV pan rubber factory burning

Shot through girders rubber burning on ground

CU rubber burning on ground

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GV pan rubber scrap dump

GV scrap tyres and other rubber scrap

SV soldiers sorting out various rubber articles on trolley

SV pan pile of rubber boots

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GV rubber tyre dump

SV rubber tyre dump - six planes in distance

LV rubber tyre dump pan to GV dump

SV towards men wheeling in old tyres into factory

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GV tyres being wheeled into breaking up department

SV machine removing beads of tyre

CU machine removing beads of tyre

SV beadless tyre being cut up on machine

LV putting pieces of tyre into cutter

SCU putting pieces of tyre into cutter

CU roller cutting rubber

SV showing cutting machine and pan along travelling belt

GV digestors

SV digestors

LTV rubber falling into wooden bin

STV rubber falling into wooden bin

CU rubber falling into wooden bin hand picking up small pieces of rubber

LV lumps of rubber being put into internal mixer

SV lumps of rubber being put into internal mixer

LV first milling operation, girl walks to machine

CU rubber on milling machine

SCU girl walks and takes armful of rubber

LV same girl walks to straining machine with rubber

CU rubber pan up to girl putting rubber into straining machine

SV girl putting rubber in straining machine pan to rubber coming out at end through fine gauze

CU rubber coming out through fine gauze

SV pan rubber sheeting out of milling machine onto roller

LV milling machine girl cuts sheet of rubber

SV taking off sheet of rubber off roll

LV girl walks with sheet and lays on top of other sheets

SV girl chalking over rubber sheet

CU chalking over rubber sheet

GV Despatch Department, rolling up rubber sheets

CU rolling up rubber sheets

LV man weighing rubber at another factory

CU putting pure rubber onto weighing machine

SV weighing rubber and putting it in with reclaimed rubber

CU tub with reclaimed and pure rubber moves away

SV putting rubber into milling machine

CU rolls of reclaimed and pure rubber being squeezed in rollers pan down to thin sheet of rubber

LV thin sheets of rubber through machine and onto roller

SV men take off thin roll of rubber

LV milling machine and rubber treads being prepared

SV man cutting rubber tread for length as it comes out of machine

LV walking with rubber tread and laying on bench

SV tank wheel being attached to rubber tread

CU tank wheel being attacked to rubber tread

LV mass of finished tank wheels

CU man working on Stirling wheel

SV man puts rubber sheeting on Stirling wheel

CU man puts rubber sheeting on Stirling wheel

GV Stirling wheel being taken out of mould

SV Stirling wheel being lowered

LV men pushing Stirling wheel tyre

CU gas masks pan up to girls working

STV girls working on gas masks

CU rubber pads for Bren guns

SV girl putting pads in container

SV girl working on lifebelts

SV girl working with Paratroop helmets

CU rubber gloves and boots

SLIP PAN SV fireman dressed in rubber equipment

CU pan down fireman dressed in rubber equipment

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