Emphasizes upon the need to avoid waste of human skills and talents in industries due to the dawn of machine age in United States. Enlists the problems brought about due to mechanization of industries: loss of job, keeping pace with machines, loss of wages and monotony of work. Due to increase in dial telephone system and a reduction in manual telephone system displaced women workers being given other jobs such as information operators, special operators and switch board attendants. View of telephone switchboard operators and people using rotary telephones, talking on the phone. Close up view of face of a rotary dial telephone "JERome 8901" home location listed. Hand dialing the rotary telephone. A graph shows a decline in the need for human beings at industries due to coming of machine age.
'Making of an American ' An immigrant comes to Gary, Indiana from South Central Europe. He gets employed as a laborer at Illinois steel company of United States Steel Corporation. A demonstration shows safety devices for workers while working at a railroad, steel plant and with machine tools. Men wear goggles while working to prevent chips from getting into the eye. Various other devices like locking of switches, guard for circulation saw, guard on emery wheels, guard over belt, pulley and a fan at the steel plant.
Various facilities provided by companies to its workers. Immigrant from Europe employed as a worker at Illinois steel company in Gary, Indiana attends a teaching session organized by the company for its workers. Worker and his family live happily. His children play at a playground provided by the company.
Greek dancers perform at the Independence Day celebrations at President's Park in Washington DC, United States. The General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is seen in the park and the Washington Monument in the background as dancers perform. Lithuanian artists also perform. Women performers descend the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Lithuanian singers perform during Independence Day celebrations in Washington DC, United States. The singers are seen assembled at the base of the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in President's Park. They have just completed a performance and begin to file out of the camera view. The American and Lithuanian flags are held by U.S. soldiers in uniform with campaign hats. They follow behind the singers as they leave.
Armenian parade units and other units dressed up fancily as they march at the Independence Day celebrations at Washington Monument and Treasury building in Washington DC, United States. Lithuanian dancers perform as people look on. United States 50th Infantry Drill Team lined up. French and British Marines parade during the celebrations.
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