The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. AFTER BEING WASHED IN A TANK WITH CLEAN WATER IT IS SPUN IN THIS MACHINE AT HIGH VELOCITY TILL ALL WATER HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT IS CHIPPED OUT AND DROPS THROUGH BOTTOM OF MACHINE. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. FINAL STAGE. NITRO CELLULOSE BEING BAGGED UP TO BE SENT TO MUNITION WORKS. ALL PROCESSES MUST BE KEPT PERFECTLY CLEAN. OPERATORS WEAR RUBBER BOOTS WHICH MUST BE REMOVED BEFO
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. CENTRIFUGAL MACHINE. THIS STAGE THE PRODUCT IS CALLED NITRO COTTON. THE ACID IS REMOVED BY CENTRIFUGAL ACTION AND SENDS UP CHOKING FUMES. THE RUBBER COWL ON OPERATOR IS PROV
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. TEASED COTTON LEAVES THE MACHINE LIKE THIS. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
MAKING NITRO CELLULOSE. AFTER BOILING, IT IS LOADED ON TRUCKS AND PLACED IN THE "PULPER". (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. AFTER PULPING IT IS RUN OVER SAND TO REMOVE ANY FOREIGN MATTER. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
MAKING OF NITRO CELLULOSE. NITRATION. HERE THE COTTON IS MECHANICALLY STIRRED WITH MIXED ACIDS IN THIS STAINLESS STEEL NITRATING MACHINE. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).
