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Makeshift factories
Episode 3 of 10
Amid the smouldering ruins of the Spitfire factory, a new strategy emerges.
Amid the smouldering ruins of the Spitfire factory, a new strategy emerges: instead of building the plane in one factory, it will be built piece by piece in garages, workshops and laundries.
Presenter: Tuppence Middleton
Producers: Alasdair Cross and Emily Knight
Editors: Chris Ledgard and Kirsten Lass
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Mon 31 May 202109:32GMT
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Women at work (Credit: Imperial War Museum)
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