Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk stockings. Silk thread to be used in making powder bags is produced from discarded hose which have been subjected to various processes. Here, the silk thread emerges from a breaker machine which spins the bleached material into this form

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 70.