Moving Image
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Nickse, Hugo
label: Collection Donor
content: Johnson, Hanford
label: Collection Creator
content: Comstock, Cheney and Co.
label: Collection Creator
content: Pratt, Read and Company
label: Collection Donor
content: Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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content: Pratt, Read Corporation Records
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content: Pratt, Read Corporation Records / Series 4: Gould Aeronautical Division
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 4.7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Six 16mm training FILMS (produced for the U.S. Office of Education of the Federal Security Agency in 1944) document the various assembly procedures involved in the construction of a CG 4A glider. All six reels are in the training film series Aircraft Work: Wood Fabrication, which was produced by the Bray Studios (copyright 1944) for the U.S. Office of Education of the Federal Security Agency.  Running about 20 minutes each, they depict in detail the construction of a glider wing from wood.

A diagram and narration at the beginning of each film explains the overall organization of the glider wing and how each part fits into the whole.  The wing is divided into panels: inboard and outboard.  The inboard panel is divided into sections: trailing, nose, and center.  The sections are built separately and assembled in a special jig.

A number of different, apparently experienced woodworkers  both men and women  are used throughout the series.  There is no information regarding their employers, the filming location, or any connection to Pratt, Read.  There are no personal production credits on the films, other than the names of the federal agency's administrators.