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Topical Budget 353-1: Record Breaking Riveters (1918)
 

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Title: "R. Farrant of Fraser & Fraser Ltd. London easily put up first figures - 4276 rivets in 9 hours..."D. Deviney of Glasgow who raised the record to 4422 in 9 hours"..."W. Moses of Vickers Ltd. Barrow in Furness attains a 9 hours total of 5894 rivets". Rivetting contest between British shipbuilders. Only the last contestant is seen actually at work.