'Behind the scene in machine age' Women work at a printing plant in United States along with male workers. Women also work in garment and shoe factories. They work in machine shops and produce finished goods. A woman working in a textile mill.
Emphasizes upon the need to prevent wastage of human effort at industries in United States. Need for governmental initiative to regulate the human wastage. Uncle Sam's animation to depict wastage of human effort.
Emphasizes the need to improve women's working conditions and industrial efficiency. Women work on machines in a factory, passing metal strips through hole-cutting machines. Animation describes problems of working conditions for women in factories. Animated Uncle Sam views links of a chain close-up with a magnifying glass. The chain links have problems labeled on them, such as unemployment, industrial injuries, misfit in jobs, thoughtless hiring and firing, occupational diseases, and poor working conditions. The chain crumbles in the hands of the animated Uncle Sam.
American women in the labor force of the United States. Working conditions for women in industries. A girl looks for a job in newspaper columns. She gets a job but proves to be a misfit. Male foreman on assembly line fires her from the job. Same woman shown in a job interview conducted upfront to assess skills and match the woman candidate to the right job. Two women in late 1920's and early 1930's fashions seated in an office for the job interview. Female hiring manager interviews the woman applicant. Early telephone on desk. The job seeker is shown in a factory assembly line job to which she has been matched. She smiles as she works at a factory machine. Foremen or manager men stop by her work area and remark on how well suited she is to the job.
Emphasizes upon the need to improve the working conditions for women in industries. A document named "Standards for employment of women in industry" stresses upon equal pay for equal work, for both men and women. View of a woman counting her pay in cash received from a male employer. Another document specifies the working hours for women employees. It also stipulates proper resting places in factories where women workers take a break. Women are showing relaxing in a lunch room, and then a sweeping scene over a city with women gathered on a building roof top where they can relax in sunshine. A woman throws a ball on the rooftop. Stipulation for clean, spacious and well ventilated and well light up working space. Women are shown doing detail work in a factory under good lighting. Provision of basic facility like a chair to sit. Clip includes scenes with women working in various factory and assembly jobs.
Emphasizes upon the need to improve the working conditions for women in industries and improving industrial efficiency. Women wrap cigars manually at a factory in United States. Women work on machines to wrap cigars thus improving the efficiency.