New Zealand Munitions

In the last war, only uniforms, boots, saddlery, light personal equipment and small arms ammunition were made in New Zealand. Since those days heavy industry has developed.

– Narrator Bob Pollard

The manufacture of rifle ammunition is a New Zealand industry half a century old and still growing.

– Narrator Bob Pollard

In the washing machine factory, a new die is fitted into the casting machine. The factory is turning over to a wartime line of production. The alloy is poured, injected into the mould and out comes, not washing machine parts, but a casting to make six cores for hand grenades.

– Narrator Bob Pollard