These huge piles of aluminum pots and pans were contributed by English housewives to be melted down into metal for British fighting planes. Workers are sorting the material,, 1940.

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FreddyDeus: The pans (and iron railings etc.) were never used. It was a propaganda exercise to help make the general public feel as though they were contributing to the war effort.

grumpy_georgian: And remember in Britain its “alooomineum”
I’ve always loved that pronunciation.