Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company's Long Beach, California, plant. Sand bags for protection against air raids form the background. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 471.
Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.
Tags
Date
01/01/1942
Location
california
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain