CORDITE. 25 TO 30 JULY 1944, ROYAL NAVAL ARMAMENTS FACTORY, HOLTEN HEATH(?). HOW CORDITE IS MADE AT THE FACTORY. - Mrs Honor Mills (right) weighing sticks of cordite, while other women bundle the last lot ready to make it into a charge for the big naval guns

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CORDITE. 25 TO 30 JULY 1944, ROYAL NAVAL ARMAMENTS FACTORY, HOLTEN HEATH(?). HOW CORDITE IS MADE AT THE FACTORY. - Mrs Honor Mills (right) weighing sticks of cordite, while other women bundle the last lot ready to make it into a charge for the big naval guns

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