Rivers in the United States. River rapids. A swollen river with small falls. View of water falling from a dam. A swollen river in a forest area.
A river dam and waterfall cresting over the dam. Industrial buildings and a railroad bridge in the background up-river of the dam. (Possibly near Harpers Ferry West Virginia?) View of the Great Falls of the Potomac River, a few miles west of Washington DC. View of a broken river dam and water pouring through the collapsed structure. An industrial plant on land beside a waterway. Two prominent smoke stacks on the plant building.
A hydroelectric power plant in the United States. A river dam. Industrial buildings and residences at a hill side near a stream. River falls and a water wheel in operation. River dams. High tension towers and wires in a power station.
Anti Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) cartoons in the United States. Chalk-Talk type cartoons: Animated cartoon of a farmer planting seeds. The farmer walks away. A plant grows. A huge grasshopper devouring leaves. The grasshopper hops away. A large pumpkin. The pumpkin becomes jack-o-lantern and its teeth are carved to spell 'Ford'.
Anti Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) cartoons against Bolsheviks in the United States. Chalk-Talk type cartoons: Animated cartoon of a farmer in a barn. Sacks of grain labeled 'American Institutions'. Corn piled on other side of the barn. The farmer says 'See! The fine results of our labor!', 'Hark, I'll fix that varmint'. A rat labeled 'Bolsheviki (IWW)' comes out of a hole. The rat eats a cob of corn. The farmer kills the rat with a shovel and throws it out. The farmer says 'Bolshevists are rats of civilization'.
Actors portray 19th century folks riding bicycles, on an outing in the country. Woman on bicycle, country road, with men as well. As the road narrows, one of the cyclists falls. The party decide to turn back to the better road again. Scene shifts to Detroit, Michigan, where actor portrays Henry Ford working on his Quadricycle. He is depicted working on it at night in his home workshop. One night he pushes it out for a trial run, and drives it successfully on the neighborhood streets. A couple in an early American automobile being pulled along a dirt road by a horse. Two men driving an early car that stops unexpectedly. They open the hood to look for the problem.