Mine workers board an elevator lift at the "Copper Queen" copper mine in Bisbee, Arizona, which also produces lead and zinc. Smoke arise from huge industrial chimneys of smelter plant smelting copper in nearby Douglas Arizona. Mining train emerges from mine on tracks and dumps raw material for copper. Workers move carts of ore by hand and dump them. Workers and mechanized diggers work at other non-metallic mines in Arizona. Mountainous region with dry soil is seen. View of Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River. Men lift wooden blocks to allow water flowing in canals and utilized for irrigation on farms in the Salt River Valley. Lettuce, tomato,carrot and cabbage fields are shown. A man puts a ladder up against and tree and picks citrus fruits from a tree such as oranges or grapefruits. A date tree in a date tree grove is hand pollinated. Close up view of hands of a farmer examining wheat crops and holding wheat in a field. A harvester operates in a barley field. Gunny bags of wheat piled in an area are moved by workers from a truck onto an automated mover. Men stack the bags. Huge stacks of bales of cotton and a man in hat and tie examining the raw cotton. Alfalfa plants shown in field and being baled. View of Coolidge Dam on the Gila River near Globe, Arizona. Imperial Dam on the lower Colorado River is shown next. View of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Hydroelectric generators and power lines are seen. Elevated view of Lake Mead. People wave from a motorboat on Lake Mead. Children splash and play in the lake water. A man in a small boat fishing on Lake Mead.
A film based on chemical warfare arsenals and depots in the United States during World War II. Headquarters of the Edgewood Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Maryland. Technicians at work in a plant. Plants for the production of mustard gas in the Edgewood Arsenal. The Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. The Rocky Mountain Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Denver, Colorado. Incendiary bombs being manufactured by workers. The Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot located in Utah. 70,000 mustard gas barrels in a munitions dump. Eastern Chemical Warfare Depot located at the Edgewood Arsenal. Bombs being hoisted. Gulf Chemical Warfare Depot shows crated bombs being loaded on flat cars.
Bad weather conditions send water rushing against the uncompleted structure of Bonneville Dam. A boat loaded with workmen skim in water. A dump truck is used. A crane in operation. Workmen climb up the uncompleted structure of the dam.
A documentary depicts disposal of high level nuclear waste in salt mines in the United States. A crew man checks a storage hole. Animation depicts the containment, removal of cans, backfilling of holes with crushed salt, and replacing of fuel cans with highly radioactive fuel. A man installs tubes in the hole. A machine which tells the exact temperature in the experimental area. A man looks through a dumpy level. Another man takes measurement with a floor to ceiling gauge and a wall to wall conversion gauge. A man uses a strain gauge to obtain data. Men insert holders into the hole. A man looks at the machine which gives the salt flow data. Two men study the data and draw an actual design requirement of a disposal facility. An animation depicts the process of disposal of crushed salt. A transporter moves after an experiment
The Columbia River in Bonneville, Oregon opens for navigation. People line the banks of the Columbia River as freighter SS Charles L. Wheeler, Jr. passes the sea locks at the Bonneville Dam.
A documentary titled 'Project Salt Vault' depicts methods of disposing of waste uranium in the United States. View of a nuclear power plant. Cars parked in front of the plant. Electrical feeders attached to a bay. The conveyors. Uranium fuel in a nuclear reactor. An animation depicts the reprocessing of the leftover uranium fuel to separate it from radioactive waste. The uranium waste is stored in tanks. A man undertakes experiments at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to reduce the volume of the waste. An animation depicts heating process for reducing the waste. A sign board reads 'Project Salt Vault, Oak Ridge National Laboratory'. A salt bed is used to dispose of waste uranium. A man walks in a salt mine.
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