1942 BELL AIRCOBRA PLANT OPERATIONS WWII AIRPLANE PRODUCTION FACTORY TOUR XD48074

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Produced in 1942 by the War Department as part of the WWII war effort, this training film (T.F. 1-323) is titled “Airplane Structures, Manufacturing Methods.“ It depicts the complete construction process of P-39D Airacobra airplanes for the U.S. Army Air Forces. The factory shown is likely the Bell plant at Wheatfield, New York. 00:06 Aerial: factory. 00:09 Scaffolding skeleton of factory under construction. 00:14 Aerial: factory. 00:21 Crowd of workers outside factory. 00:26 William L. Newton (?) speaks at podium with WBEN radio -- Buffalo, New York -- microphones. 00:32 Mostly male crowd listens. 00:45 Steam whistle. 00:47 Men stream into factory. 00:58 Men clock in. 01:00 Production floor of factory. 01:20 Designers sketch aircraft designs on drafting tables 01:33 Full scale plane outlined. 01:39 Man measures plane outline.