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Inglewood, United States
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These two women employees in North American's wood shop run a planer
Every payday, checks are passed out to employees at their work. This prevents employees standing in long lines after work for their paychecks
Dennis McCarthy, public relations artist, at work on a bond drive poster which will go on display throughout the factory and will be reproduced also in plant publications
Employees at North American return to work after witnessing an air show sponsored by the company
A man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assembly line check their day's work on a "sign-off" sheet as each assembly is completed
On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas not to be painted
A landing gear ready for assembly on a North American B-25 is rolled into place on the final assembly line
A scale wind tunnel model of North American Aviation's P-51 fighter is prepared by two model shop employees before another test is made to determine its flight characteristics. All measurements on these models are within two thousandths of an inch
A vairety of programs are presented to North American employees during their lunch period. Here thousands watch a boxing match between two employees
North American employees on their way to work
A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel
Two North American employees entertain their fellow workers with a boxing match during the lunch period recreation program
A Negro employee on North American's flight ramp tows a B-25 bomber into place
Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army
A skilled employee at North American assembles the cowling on a North American B-25 bomber
Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army
Wood is cut to the exact shape for assembling crates for shipping supplies and spare parts from North American's shipping department
Another wood crate is assembled in North American's shipping department for a "Mustang" fighter for the Royal Air Force
North American B-25 bomber fuselage sections move down a long overhead powered conveyor line
The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up
As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead conveyer, hundreds of North American women employees assemble the thousands of parts that go into a modern combat plane
In North American's tank department, a woman employee rivets a rib. Tanks like these with high test gasoline enable United Nations bombers to fly faster and farther
A few of the thousands of parts move out of the hydropress department upon completion to the fabrication shops