The processing of a turbine in a machine shop in United States. Interior of the machine shop. An assembly of rotor disc and blades. Men work on the rotor blades. Brazing band on end of blades to stiffen them. Men turn the turbine shaft. A man watches the turning turbine shaft. Rotor ready to be placed in the turbine casing.
Interior of a machine shop. Workers assemble a turbine. They assemble the maneuvering valves. The completed turbines and the reduction gear. A sign reads: '2500 horse power steam turbine engine used in eagle boats, Ford Motor Company'. Turbine and reduction gear ready for shipping. The turbine at work.
The role of women as active community members in the United States. A woman addresses members of the League of Women Voters. The posters of the candidates of elections on a table. Posters on a wall. Children play in a hall, being babysat by one woman as the other women meet. A woman walks with a baby in a pram. She talks to another woman. The League of Women Voters disseminates information on issues and candidates. Women members search the voters, make a list of the voters and call them to give them the information. Women make phone calls. A woman pastes the posters of candidate on a wall. People seated in a hall. Candidates address the women and talk to them about why they should vote them. People applaud. People line up in front of a hall on the election day to vote. The parents-teachers association (PTA) plans a new dance hall and organizes dance for high school students. Students dance and enjoy in the hall. They dance a square dance (Virginia Reel?) Narrator describes the new dance hall and activities there as an established weapon against juvenile delinquency. The kids eat food at the new hall. Boys attend a movie screening (sponsored by the PTA and the board of eduction) on human Birth and Growth. A lecturer points out parts of the human body in a skeleton diagram on the screen. The association sponsors dental examinations and a school lunch program for the school children. Elementary age school children receive hot food in a school lunch cafeteria line and sit together at tables eating lunch. A dentist examines the teeth of a child. A woman teaches drawing to children.
The role of women as active community members in the United States. Women work with hospitalized children and arrange a cultural events in the community. A woman stands outside a building. A cultural event being organized in the building. A man plays a violin. People watch the performance. A woman greets the people arriving to watch the show. A poster pasted on a door.
A ship underway at sea in the United States. A man watches from the deck of another ship. American mine sweepers in operation. Tuscania leaves a port. Mine sweepers work on the deck of the ship.
An audience of well-dressed people at railroad construction site watch as an old man drives the final spike to complete a section of railroad in a rugged part of the Western United States. The scene shifts to views from a train inaugurating travel over the new rail line. It passes between rocky walls and through a short tunnel. View from locomotive as it proceeds around a curve, revealing a long line of passenger cars comprising the train.
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