National Transport Workers Federation meeting at Caxton Hall in Westminster, London. The workers crowd outside the hall. Mr. Thomson with other officials stand in a balcony. He waves to the people. The workers carry banners and march.. Buildings in the background.
National Transport Workers Federation meeting at Caxton Hall in Westminster, London. People crowd outside the hall. A Russian officer stands at the platform and speaks. People listen to him. He gets down the platform. A statue in center and people stand around the statue. Russian officers on horseback walk past the crowd. People greet them. They hold banners and stand. The guards control the crowd. An officer in the center speaks and distributes a paper to them.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest reaches the southern most point of it's trip during their Antarctica expedition. Crew members dig and load blocks of ice in a container. The container being pulled aboard . The crew members dig at the snow covered ice and a dog is seen in the foreground. The ship is stopped, unable to get past the ice.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest on its return after it fails to move any further. The ship underway in the Antarctic Ocean as it returns. The ship sails through ice floating on water surface. Seals on an ice pack floating on water. A crew member climbs up a ladder on the rigging of Quest.
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad in the United States, running between Michigan and Ohio. A locomotive pulling a train of coal cars comes down a track. A sign on the cars read 'Ford'. The railroad was owned by Ford and its locomotives were always kept in tip top condition. (This train was possibly coming from the Wellston, Ohio coal fields.)
Steam locomotive, number 79, of the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railway on a slightly elevated track, next to a coal car.in a train yard. Worker is examining and possibly oiling parts of engine drive. Scene shifts to interior of locomotive maintenance shop where men work on a train car parked next to a locomotive. Scene shifts, again, to view from rear of moving train as it traverses route along the valley floor, from vicinity of Spargursville (AKA Spargurs) to Bainbridge, including bridges over Sulphur Creek , Alexander Hollow Rd, and both bridges over Paint Creek between the two towns. The train passes a tender connected to some sort steam driven machine (probably a pile driver as they are working on trestles). Also shown are box cars converted into bunk houses used by the work crew, which appear to be parked at Storms, only 6.9 miles from Summit, where the work is likely being undertaken. . The film ends at the Bainbridge train station. (Note: regarding the reference to work going on at Summit. Although not seen in this sequence, the track there was so steep that trains had to be broken down and moved up a few cars, at a time, to the top, where the train was then reassembled before proceeding.)