A film on manufacture of dynamite in the United States. The packing of dynamite. Men packing the dynamite for shipment. Boxes should be tightly packed to prevent shifting or breaking in transit. Specially constructed trucks carry dynamite. A driver boards a truck.
A film on uses of dynamite in the United States. The preparation of a shot with permissibles in a Pennsylvania coal mine. A miner working inside the mine. A good grade of lump coal is brought down.
A film on use of dynamite in the United States. Stone for railroad ballast, buildings and highway operations is quarried by explosives. Smoke from explosions. Men working and drilling holes behind the quarry face. Men cutting large cartridges to facilitate loading activities. Smoke rising due to explosions of dynamites.
A film on use of dynamite in the United States. A railroad cut-off is constructed by exploding the area with dynamite. Heavy columns of smoke rise from explosions. A man standing on the cut-off.
A film on uses of dynamite in the United States. Use of explosives for advancement of agriculture. An area is cleared for agriculture by exploding it with dynamite. Smoke rises from the explosion. Men watch the explosion. A ditch is dug with the help of dynamite. An old church building is exploded with dynamite to make a new building. Smoke rises from the explosions. Ice jams are broken by exploding.
United States Ambassador to Great Britain, Frank B. Kellogg, succeeds Charles E. Hughes as Secretary of State. Former Ambassador Kellogg reading a speech following the resignation of Charles Hughes.