Paint Preserves Vital Weapons

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/67

Paramount Issue No.

1456

Date Released

12 Feb 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Paint Preserves Vital Weapons
2. 2How Allies Repaired the Bridges
3. 3Accent on Carriers

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Shots of ships and guns etc. being painted. The process whereby varnish is made with resin and linseed oil is shown. It is then sent via pipelines to the paintshops where it is purified, mixed with paint and then colour added. The paint is then tested for viscosity and thickness, colour. Also shown is the manufacture of a special paint used for camouflage (made from pigments and glue) on guns, jerry cans, mines, rockets for Typhoons etc.

Keywords

Weapons; Industry and manufacture

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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