The mills of Ohio Quarry Company in the United States. A machine is used to saw out sidewalk flagging from the sandstone. Rough curbing department show methods of splitting sandstone into blocks. A crane is used to bring in the sandstone. Men hammer large nails into blocks to split them. The split block is lifted and put aside with the help of a crane. Men working on sandstone blocks.
A documentary film from the Rural Electrification Administration: "Power and the Land" about the lack of electric power in rural areas such as St. Clairsville, Ohio. Men with lamp walk on a pathway at dawn. A man feeds the cattle while another one is seen milking a cow in the light of a lamp. A woman pumps water, starts her work and children do their work in the dim light of la amp. Scenes of horses grazing in the field.
From a documentary film about the lack of electricity in rural areas of the United States. Man milking a cow. Herding cattle. Views of rolling hill pasture land. Boy exiting outhouse. Barrels of milk being loaded on truck for sale, but due to lack of refrigeration, farmers face rejections of some milk in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man collects milk in bucket, fills the calibrated barrels and tries to keep them cool. Men load barrels on to a truck. At a dairy, men off load milk barrels and separate the rejected milk barrels. A paper with number of rejected barrels shown to the man. Pigs drink rejected milk.
Lack of electricity creates difficulties for farmers in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man cuts log into pieces by hand and splits wood. Two men bring out a horse driven wagon into a field.
Due to lack of electricity in a rural setting, people work by hand in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Woman heats water over fire in a huge container. A girl adds wood to fire. Woman washes clothes by hands while the girl cleans and fills kerosene in the lamp. (World War II period).
Farmers face difficulties in farming on sunny days in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man on a horse driven wagon works with hay. Man drinks water to quench his thirst. Man walks around the farm in search of a shade. A boy comes running towards the man in field. Man waves his hat in order to get some air. Boy passes by the field.
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