Between World War I and World War II, so-called barnstorming was popular. Here a wing-walker stands on wing of a Curtis "Jenny" JN4 biplane, preparing to transfer to another , in flight.
Two officials in President Wilson's Administration, seated at a table, conversing. Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce holds a lighted cigar. The other answers a telephone call.
The Captain of a British passenger liner and another officer stand on the deck of their ship and converse. Passengers are seen walking about on the deck, in the background. The ship is in a harbor, with land visible in the background.
Safety measures to be undertaken while working. Boxes are loaded in a hand truck in the United States beside a warehouse. The boxes fall on a passerby due to being carelessly loaded on the hand truck. A worker carefully lines up the boxes on the truck. Inside a factory plant, a worker rolls up the sleeves of his shirt before operating a large drill press in the factory. View of a large platform machine being operated by a giant pulley. A foreman views the pulley and the worker stops the machine. The pulley is disengaged and a man approaches with safety barricade pieces to place around the pulley while it is worked on. Slate indicates, "Cyanide is valuable in treating steel, but it is dangerous to the eyes. Use goggles and be safe. A worker working without goggles is then seen near a furnace. He covers his face with his hands and runs away from the furnace. A maintenance worker partially disassembles and then attaches a new guard over a large grinding wheel in a factory.
A large reinforced box in a plant yard in the United States. The cover on the box rises higher with successive detonations. A building in the background. Smoke from the chimneys of a factory.
The largest Direct Current Electrical Control Board in the world, located in the United States. Safety devices around the electrical control board. The devices include rubber mattings, insulated fences and circuit breakers. A man walking along the fence.