From Slag Heaps to Dream Cities?

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/12

Paramount Issue No.

1231

Date Released

17 Dec 1942

Released by Paramount

4 Jan 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1From Slag Heaps to Dream Cities?
2. 2With RAF over Holland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Speeding up war production by machine. Robot labour in the Midlands digs up earth for quarrying operations. Steel, coke and slag production. Slag in particular is seen to have many new uses: slag in furnace, production of foam slag, crushing plant. Finished material used to make: concrete for joists, slabs, flat roofs, entire cottages etc and many building requirements.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Mining

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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