Workers Build 5,000th Boeing Fort Since War
1944
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This segment of a United News Newsreel focuses on the Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle celebrates the completion of its 5,000th Flying Fortress.
Transcript
Text: WORKERS BUILD 5,000th BOEING FORT SINCE WARNarrator: At a bomber plant in Seattle, workers write their names on a flying fortress. The 5,000th ship of its type turned out by this one plant since America entered the war. Many other plants are also building these ships. Five thousand since Pearl Harbor, a graphic indication of the vast bomber production of the United States. Already this completely autographed ship is in action over Germany.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
National Archives Identifier: 39012
Full Citation: 208-UN-105; Workers Build 5,000th Boeing Fort Since War; 1944; Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, 1942 - 1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/5000th-boeing, March 28, 2025]Rights: Copyright Not Evaluated Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
