RAF officers tour the assembly room at a Rolls Royce Merlin engine factory (1942)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Liquid-cooled Rolls Royce Merlin engines are built, assembled--all 11,000 parts--and tested before being inserted into aeroplanes for the war effort, and aerial footage shows aeroplanes in action thanks to these engines Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Knight of the Warring Skies UNKNOWN: INT/EXT FACTORIES. making Rolls Royce Merlin engines and testing World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, Allies, Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, V12 piston aircraft engine, Ford of Britain, aeroplanes, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, air views, aerials Background: Liquid-cooled Rolls Royce Merlin engines are built, assembled--all 11,000 parts--and tested before being inserted into aeroplanes for the war effort, and aerial footage shows aeroplanes in action thanks to these engines FILM ID: VLVA