Making Armstrong Gun (1920-1929)

Making Armstrong Whitworth factory. Newcastle and London. Industry; weapons. Step-by-step film of the making of a large Armstrong gun at the Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company. factory in England. Some very good industrial footage; c. 1910’s or1920’s. Workers take pieces of pig iron from a huge pile and load them onto a container which is lifted by a chain. Workers tossing pig iron and speigeleisen into Siemans Furnace; to make steel. Shot of liquid metal running into a big vat; a steam & sparks r