Steel centers of the United States. Animated map shows steel center locations around the Great Lakes. Activity at a steel mill in Pittsburgh. A view of steel mills, a river and railroad tracks.
Uses of steel in the United States. A man uses steel for construction of bridges, buildings and ships. A large suspension bridge. Ships move under the bridge.
Uses of steel in the United States. View of skyscrapers and tall buildings made with the help of steel rods. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Met Life Tower, 1 Madison Ave. in New York City. Sign on building reads, "Buy A Liberty Bond"
Film leads with slate reading: "How the Wrights learned to fly--the motorless, man-carrying glider." A group of people stand on a hilltop, watching as two men launch a primary glider with a downhill running start. The glider consists of tubular frame tapering to nearly a point at the empennage. It is equipped with wheels, and the pilot sits upright with legs extended straight ahead.. The glider has a single high wing. It rises quickly and flies above ground for a good distance, appearing to approach the ground as it moves downhill.
Sugar refining, processing, and packaging at Domino Sugar Refinery in New York. A tugboat brings ship to dock. A scientist works with sugar sample in a laboratory. Workers haul carts loaded with bags of raw sugar in refinery. Overhead cranes carry away bags. The bags opened and raw sugar passed through the crusher. The bucket elevator carries it to an upper floor for the first process in the wash house. The interior of the sugar mill. The workers operate machinery. Bag filters are used to remove the impurities from the liquor. The workers operate a large vat. The sugar is washed with white liquor. Workers lower one vat into another and close it. The vat revolves and stops. The vat inside is removed using the overhead crane. Women workers place boxes on endless belt as part of packaging process. The cartons are weighed,checked and sealed. An automated machine in operation. The machine fills up the boxes with refined sugar. "Domino Cane Sugar" printed on the boxes.
Cotton bidding at Liverpool Futures Market in New York. The interior of the building. Bidders gathered in a large open area. Men behind a long desk along the side. Men on a floor in the building bid for cotton. A man stands on the balcony in the floor above. Rates written on a board in the background.