In the 1940s, when this photo was taken, the of prototypes, individual items, and parts that Anthoine Émile et Fils bar turning factory, would equip AEF’s own reworking lathes from which Anthogyr would one day be born, —machines used to finish parts once they had was bustling. Dubbed a “priority business” by been roughly turned—and employed highly the government in 1943, AEF establishments qualified workers. Every machine had its own had preferred access to raw materials and technician! Under the watchful eye of the were relatively sheltered from the policy that foreman, identifiable by his white coat, the forcibly shipped French workers to Germany overall-clad workers concentrated hard to to aid the German war effort. In return, the perform individual tasks at workstations establishments had to reserve 40% of their production for the German occupier, and operated by a drive shaft attached to the ceiling French priority orders were honored in equal and connected to machines by a rope and pulley. proportion. In the foreground, roughly turned foundry parts The camera angle here accentuates the size lie in a row. They were used for the in-house of the tool shop, emphasizing its length, manufacture of small machines such as technical performance, and busyness. reworking lathes, which were not available on Unemployment was unknown in this shop! the market. The tool shop was dedicated to the manufacture 77