D.B. Andrus Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 From BM: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235134955-b-17-assembly-line-color-footage/#comment-4864006 BiggTim, Ol' Scrapiron, Martinnfb and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Thanks Damian, that's some great footage. D.B. Andrus and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Even allowing for the fact that this film was scripted and choreographed to impress the matinee crowd, you have to wonder how the leadership in Germany and Japan ever thought they could have kept pace with American industrial capacity once it got cranked up. What on earth were they thinking? I was most impressed with how all those various pieces of airplane just dropped into place like the parts in a Tamiya kit and almost before you could comprehend it, you were looking at an airworthy B-17. Sadly, those days and accomplishments are far behind us and not likely to return. My mother-in-law was a very young Rosie during that war. She built Liberty ships and B-29s. I cannot imagine her making a weepy, snot-slinging video about how hard and unfair and unfun it is to work a strict 40 hour week, driving thousands of rivets a day in a cramped space, and then have neither the time nor energy after work for clubs and boys and $200 manicures. Different time, I guess. Martinnfb, Scotsman, Archimedes and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 It's amazing to see zero PPE in a manufacturing plant. No safety glasses, no gloves, no safety footwear, absolutely nothing. Martinnfb, Archimedes, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Fantastic footage, they should really have played this to Japanese and Germans spies, it would have frightened them to death. Thank you for posting it. Cheers Dennis John1, D.B. Andrus and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Thank you for sharing Damian. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, LSP_Ron said: It's amazing to see zero PPE in a manufacturing plant. No safety glasses, no gloves, no safety footwear, absolutely nothing. No hearing protection either. A B-17 has how many rivets? That shop floor had to be one noisy place. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 7 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said: No hearing protection either. A B-17 has how many rivets? That shop floor had to be one noisy place. at least they got cigarette breaks- John1, Archimedes and Oldbaldguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) On 1/9/2024 at 10:48 PM, Pete Fleischmann said: at least they got cigarette breaks- Smoke breaks?? This is old school America we're talking about. I'd be shocked if smoking was prohibited anywhere at that factory, except maybe during the painting process. As noted above, it's crazy to see absolutely no PPE and workers standing on the wings as they are lowered from the ceiling with no fall protection, etc. It's so bad, I think OSHA should retroactively fine Boeing a few million dollars for all those violations. Actually, skip that last part, Boeing has enough problems to deal with right now... Edited January 11 by John1 Shoggz and BiggTim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 PPE?! They don' need no stinkin' PPE! John1, BiggTim and MikeMaben 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) Stationed on the bridge of the USS Maddox during gunnery practice, watching and hearing those twin 5 inch 38's go off right in front of me. No ear protection, and nobody cared. This was back in the early '60s. I have hearing problems to this day. Names, Patrick, cold war sailor Edited January 15 by Patrick HMD thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/15/2024 at 3:31 AM, Patrick HMD said: Stationed on the bridge of the USS Maddox during gunnery practice, watching and hearing those twin 5 inch 38's go off right in front of me. No ear protection, and nobody cared. This was back in the early '60s. I have hearing problems to this day. Names, Patrick, cold war sailor I was an Army Grunt in an earlier life. They gave us ear plugs but the only time I saw anyone use them was on the range (and even then, it wasn’t common). For live fire “ tactical” exercises, we never wore them. I’ve got degraded hearing and am 100% certain that my stupidity was the cause of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/9/2024 at 1:01 PM, LSP_Ron said: It's amazing to see zero PPE in a manufacturing plant. No safety glasses, no gloves, no safety footwear, absolutely nothing. As a tinnitus sufferer, all that riveting with no hearing protection is painful to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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