That a factory, designed to shred whales into dog meat, is the savior of an entire nation was meant to purvey a sense unease and gloom, which was to be counterbalanced by ludicrously upbeat , or at least rousing marching music.
These images have the high detail, contrast and noise, additionally they provide wonderful technical references. Objects such as hooks, slatted tables, windows, tables, nets, chains, guts and importantly tinned fish meat.
These particular images come from LIFE magazine's released image archives.
