Oil fields in the United States. An oil camp for oil workers. Stacked pipes at the camp. Houses of the workers in the background. Children on a path in front of the houses. A board reads ' Sinclair Oils Power'. Pipes are carried on a long trolley pulled by a tractor. Casinghead gas which is rich in gasoline escapes out from an oil well. Derricks in the background. A part of a casinghead gasoline extraction plant. Machinery at the plant. Compressors which are run on diesel engines at the plant.
Pumping and transportation of crude oil in the United States. A political map of the U.S. shows oil pipe line systems which are used to transport crude petroleum. The map shows main trunk pipe line systems including a new line under construction from Wyoming, connecting with the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. A pumping station which serves important fields in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming with its chief terminals at East Chicago, Houston, Texas and Salt Creek, Wyoming. Internal combustion engines and machinery at the pumping station.
Cleaning of oil pipelines in the United States. Men near a pipe line. A man pushes a 'Go devil' ( a device used to clean oil pipe lines) in the pipe. A man walks near the pipe line to keep track of the 'Go devil'. Animation depicts how the 'Go devil' moves through the pipe line and how its tracking is done. Men near the other end of the pipe line. The 'Go devil' is taken out. Oil flows out the pipe followed by refuse. Men search through the refuse.
Laying of oil pipe lines in the United States. Men lay an eight inch pipe line. They work in unison using levers and other equipment. Men work together at the bank of the Red River to lay a pipe line across its bed. River clamps are bolted to strengthen the joints.
Oil pipe lines in the United States. Men near temporary pipe lines. Pumps operating in the open. Men near the end of a pipe line in East Chicago. A man takes a sample from a tank to determine the amount of ' bottom sediment'.
American inventor Thomas Alva Edison at General Electric company in the United States. A bulb on a table. A number of bulbs blinking on and off. Edison with officials in the laboratory of the company. Edison and the officials walk through the laboratory. They look at a large beaker of liquid. They look at a worker working beside a large oven. They watch other workers at work.