A Fine Achievement AKA Ammunition Factory - South Africa (1940-1949)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Titles read: ’African Mirror No. 255 - A FINE ACHIEVEMENT’. Johannesburg, South Africa. Various shots of men working on construction of munitions factory at Crown Lines. Commentator explains that the building was originally at Elizabeth Bay, was dismantled and is being rebuilt in a new location, to save time and steel. Shot of several bombs stacked up outside the partly-built factory. More shots of construction. Aerial view of finished factory. New machinery is put into place inside the factory. Several shots of workers (mostly women) at work on machinery. Shots of bombs stacked up. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes mor