Film opens concentrating on sunset viewed as the sun drops below the horizon with hills surrounding. Scene shifts to a river and a steam excursion boat plying its way along the river toward the camera. The boat blows its whistle emiting an extended burst of steam into the air.
Film devoted almost completely to scenes of a forest in the snow. Opening scene shows very deep show in a clearing, surrounded by snow-covered trees. Snow is falling. Next a part of a snow-covered fence is seen in a snowy woods. A snow-covered bird feeder is seen with a tin sheet around its base. More snowy forest scenes with snow falling. Some small animals are seen scurrying across the snow is some scenes. Heavy evergreens laden down to the ground with snow. Isolated stand of evergreen trees. Animal tracks and some darting across the snow in the background. Complete unrelated change of scene to a bridge, dam and outlet waters flowing downstream from the dam, during pleasant weather, somewhere in New York State.
United States workers working in a butchery in the United States. Workers cut meat. They remove ribs by their hands. Workers remove spare ribs and pull the loins. Shoulders being cut into hams with the help of machinery. Chart shows beef cuts from fore quarters.
Workers working in the canning assembly line of the Wilson and Company meat packing enterprise, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Women workers pack meat cans into boxes, as the cans roll down a canning line. Pile of cans labeled 'Wilson & Co' in the background. Group of women pack tins.
United States workers working in a butchery in the United States. Workers cut beef with the help of saw. They use knives to trim the cut pieces. Cans being closed and put on conveyor belts.
United States workers working in a butchery in the United States. Workers process lard (pig fat) with the help of machinery. Men and women workers wearing gloves and hats, wrap the lard in paper.