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"
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest reaches the southern most point of it's trip during their Antarctica expedition. Crew members dig and load blocks of ice in a container. The container being pulled aboard . The crew members dig at the snow covered ice and a dog is seen in the foreground. The ship is stopped, unable to get past the ice.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest on its return after it fails to move any further. The ship underway in the Antarctic Ocean as it returns. The ship sails through ice floating on water surface. Seals on an ice pack floating on water. A crew member climbs up a ladder on the rigging of Quest.
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad in the United States, running between Michigan and Ohio. A locomotive pulling a train of coal cars comes down a track. A sign on the cars read 'Ford'. The railroad was owned by Ford and its locomotives were always kept in tip top condition. (This train was possibly coming from the Wellston, Ohio coal fields.)
Steam locomotive, number 79, of the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railway on a slightly elevated track, next to a coal car.in a train yard. Worker is examining and possibly oiling parts of engine drive. Scene shifts to interior of locomotive maintenance shop where men work on a train car parked next to a locomotive. Scene shifts, again, to view from rear of moving train as it traverses route along the valley floor, from vicinity of Spargursville (AKA Spargurs) to Bainbridge, including bridges over Sulphur Creek , Alexander Hollow Rd, and both bridges over Paint Creek between the two towns. The train passes a tender connected to some sort steam driven machine (probably a pile driver as they are working on trestles). Also shown are box cars converted into bunk houses used by the work crew, which appear to be parked at Storms, only 6.9 miles from Summit, where the work is likely being undertaken. . The film ends at the Bainbridge train station. (Note: regarding the reference to work going on at Summit. Although not seen in this sequence, the track there was so steep that trains had to be broken down and moved up a few cars, at a time, to the top, where the train was then reassembled before proceeding.)
A northbound Detroit,Toledo,and Ironton train is taking on coal in Bainbridge,Ohio. The train continues north across the twin-span Paint Creek Bridge,then through the single span over Buckskin Creek. The railroad crosses route 41 and Buckskin creek again, below Fruitdale,and then on to Thrifton. Here the railroad crosses under the Baltimore and Ohio, this underpass is known as "Hole-in-the Wall". The two story depot that once served both railroads can be seen.The train again crosses Paint Creek at Greenfield,then continues past Island Grove,north of town.