India fighting with all her resources somewhere in India: The might of India is long history. This great empire of 389,000,000 inhabitants—one-sixth of the world’s population—finds herself on the active battlefront in a world conflict, with the fall of Rangoon and Burma believed to be only a matter of hours away. Here is a view of a railway workshop that has been adapted to the production of munitions, showing the finish boring of shells. Shells in the right-hand chute have been finish bored and are being sent to the government inspection bench, February 1942.

Sheet: 7 1/16 x 8 7/8

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• British India
• Fall of Burma
• Fall of Rangoon
• India
• Laborers
• Munitions Factories
• Railroads
• Shells
• World War II

• Image Dimensions: 5 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (14.76 x 20.96 cm)

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