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New Zealand Munitions

New Zealand Munitions
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New Zealand Munitions
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NZ On Screen
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This classic World War ll propaganda film tours a range of Kiwi factories, reassuring viewers that New Zealand has the heavy industry required to supply its army. Washing machine factories are converted to make hand grenade parts, while others manufacture rifle cartridges and training planes. Soldiers and members of the Home Guard train with grenades, mortars and fast-moving bren gun carriers. Narrator Bill Pollard entones: "This is our striking power: men and munitions." The film was complet...

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Video
Date created
1941
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/new-zealand-munitions-1941
Related subjects
manufacturing / factories / world war ii / world war 2 / world war two / wwii / ww2 / military / war / munitions / mine sweeper / light aircraft / scrap metal / gauge / machine gun / ammunition / washing machines / die casting / radio / car assembly / infantry / home guard / mortar / gas masks / steel / train / trentham / cat / grenade / locomotive / rifle / gun carrier / trench mortar / bren gun carrier / railway workshop

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