Légende

Shell packing room and conveyors, Leeds, 1919. From "The story of Barnbow" by R.H. Gummer, Chief Engineer, detailing the history and war work of the No. 1 National Filling Factory in Leeds, which was built in 1915 during the First World War, and employed many women to fill shells with high explosives. An explosion in 1916 killed 35 women outright, maiming and injuring dozens more.

Date

1919

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_052

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,8Mo (4,4Mo) / 47,1cm x 26,0cm / 5560 x 3066 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England female women woman people interior library work job teamwork industry worker danger dangerous occupation British weapon weapons uniformity uniform industrial factory dress war production line century Britain profession inside conveyor belt overalls first world war wartime concept ammunition leeds APPAREL B&W British Library warfare peril Factory Worker West Yorkshire World War I WWI Indoors black & white black and white B W weaponry World War One 1910s 20th century workers 1st World War ammunition factory Home Front munitions factory munitions industry TGN war effort war work women at work WW1 working photograph munitions Unknown RH Gummer Gummer Heritage Art R.H. clothing & dress fashion & clothing RH R.H. Gummer