Film titled, 'Cutting Up, A Story of the Meat Industry'. Cattle stand by a pool on a farm range. Views of cattle in pens at stockyards. Cattle herd into pens, cattle eat in pens. Cattle driven through chute. Slab of meat hangs in room, tagged "US retained". Men uses cleaver and saw to split hanging carcass in half. Men scrub sides of beef with brushes while meat is hanging from the overhead conveyor. Meat hangs in chill room. Men load quarters of beef on their shoulders and carry them to refrigerated boxcar. View of a boxcar. Two men leave the boxcar and close the door. Drawing labeled 'Beef Cuts', shows cuts and where they are cut from on animal. Slab of meat hangs in plant. Men with knife prepare to cut it into cuts. Slab of beef on the cutting table, man cuts beef and shows each different cut.
Pork packing industry in United States. Women feed pigs in a stockyard on a farm in United States. Pigs herded into pens at a stockyard. Men sit on the fences of pens. Butcher operations: Men with cleavers split hogs hanging from a conveyor. Hams cut off of pig carcass. Man trims ham on bandsaw. Men slices fat from the hams. Man with large axe chops shoulders of pigs. Man saws pork ribs. Man cuts ribs from meat. Man cuts ribs from the side. He cuts sides into different cuts of meat. Men cut meat on bandsaw. Man places hams in pile and salt them. View of piles of ham in curing room. Man places pork in pant and put pan in oven.
Worker operates air hammer at a Ford automobiles factory in the United States. Another worker attaches center nut and bolt. Workers clean spokes of assembled wheels using sandpapers. They drill holes in flange plate and insert nuts. Bolts are tightened with machines. Men on assembly line for wheels. Workers place ball bearings in the hub of wheel and assemble hub. Rims are machine drilled and bolts installed. Painting on rims is done by machinery.
Women workers in industrial plant with cans. Workers remove air from cans by vacuum and solder lids on them by using machines. Workers place and remove cans from steam retorts. Labeling and wrapping done by machines and manually. Meat chopping machinery in operation. Workers operate meat grinding machinery. Sausage and cold cuts.
Meat processing factory workers guide rope through machinery in Unites States. Workers operate carding machinery.
Workers manually fill cans, remove air from cans by vacuum and solder lids on them by using machines at a Meat canning factory in United States. A plunger stuffs the meat from cylinder into the cans.