Use of by-products of meat in the United States. Manufacturing of Butterine. Liquid poured into large vat. Liquid in the vat thickens after some time. Workers scoop oil onto paper revolving on a round table, oil being wrapped in paper and placed in open shelf. The oil is then placed on shelf in the cold storage room. Workers remove the hardened oil from shelves. One of the worker breaks the hardened oleo into pieces. Workers with scoops pour oleo and oil into large mixing machine.
Pasteurizing of milk in the United States. Milk being poured into a large vat with revolving heat coils. A worker tests the temperature with a thermometer in hand. Worker fills a glass with milk from a large can. A man drinks milk from a tall glass
Use of by products of meat in the United States. Mixing of oils and milk to make butter. A mixing machine in operation. Liquid poured into large vat. Workers dip flakes with cheese cloth. A pile of flakes. Workers put butter into mixing machine and then place it into molds for it to solidify. Women wrapping the prepared butter.
Poor foreigners and immigrants taught to be good Americans in Detroit, United States. Number of immigrants walk in line. Man takes a class with a diagram of a house on the blackboard. The instructor holds a toy in hand. Chart reads 'Preparing Breakfast'. The instructor points at the sentences on the chart.
Film 'Lights and Shadows in a city of Millions' shows poor foreigners and immigrants being taught by community workers in Detroit. Visiting nurses going on their daily rounds. Nurse gets into a house where community aid is required. Sick child lying in bed. Nurse wipes sick child's face with wet cloth. Number of children being taken care by the community. Views of the waiting room of a community health clinic, and views of a hospital ward for children, with many children in hospital beds and nurses atending to their needs. A disabled man who has benefited from community programs rolls down a ramp in a wheel chair. Inexperienced housewives are trained by community women. They teach a housewife how to bake muffins. A woman removes finished muffins from a early 1900s oven and inspects them. Two women bake together and remove more muffins form the oven.
Character building education for young men in Detroit. Group of young boys swimming. Young men dressed in uniform seated during a class. A Community member holds an orphan baby in hand. Young girl on bed with a doll in hand.