A demonstration in a classroom in the United States. A teacher with a model of a bridge made of wood. Two students next to the model of the bridge as the teacher demonstrates the bridge to the class. Opening partial slate reads, "Learning how Ceasar built the bridge that enabled his army to conquer the Germans."
An art class in the United States. Girls at desks sketch and paint. A student paints fashion designs during an art class at a school in the United States.
A sewing or seamstress class in the United States. Girls learn the art of sewing as they cut material from patterns at a sewing class. A young woman at a sewing machine stitches a dress. The girls fit a dress on dressmaker's dummy. The girls work on hats. A girl tries out a finished hat.
A girl models clay in the United States. A girl fashions a clay to make a bowl. The girl molds the bowl. She runs a linen through mangle.
Boy and girl students learn various skills in the United States. A 1920's film clip imagines a future where women may be out of the home and men stay home to cook. Slate reads, "When the future wife leaves for the afternoon, she will say to hubby, Now, John, you have dinner all ready by the time I get home." Boys are seen at a domestic cooking class. The boys are wearing chef hats. A boy makes a pie crust and puts it in a pan. The boy fills the crust with apples, adds a top crust, and trims and crimps the crust expertly. Boys are shown eating the apple pies they have made. Girls work at a machine that automatically forms pie crusts. They feed flattened squares of pie crust into the pie crust making machine. A different group of girls in a cooking class prepare a pudding. A family at a dinner table eat the pudding.
A horse drawn carriage in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A horse drawn carriage makes a stop. Sign on the carriage reads "On our way to Ypsilanti's 100th Anniversary. 1823 to 1923". The carriage drives past a truck and pedestrian traffic in the business district. The carriage stops outside a building and a costumed woman and a child (in early 1800's clothing) get out and enter the building. The woman and the child come out of the building and get into the carriage. The carriage being driven away. The carriage drives down a country road. Dramatized scene in which Men in a car rob the carriage and its passengers. Men and women stand with their hands up as a man points a rifle at them.
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