The activities around the Mississippi river in the United States. Smoke from steel mills and factories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia. A crane lifts the iron ore. A crane lifts coal. View of factories spewing smoke and ash. Hot, molten iron being poured, with flames and sparks shooting outward as it is tipped to pour. Cotton bales on a conveyor. Making of cotton thread. Workers work on cotton bales. The cotton bales being loaded onto barges and a steamship. The steamboat in the Mississippi river travels to various places. Brief scenes of various known city views including St Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota; Davenport Iowa; Moline Illinois; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Omaha; Kansas City; New Orleans.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States during the "Harlem Renaissance." A view of buildings in New York City. Painter Palmer Hayden paints at the side of a river. A woman comes and watches. A train arrives. Artist Benjamin Spurgeon Kitchin works at the base of the train, earning money during the Great Depression. He opens a flap and works on a machine. A man drives a car. A man cleans a floor with a broom. A woman stitches a cloth. A person works on a typewriter machine. A woman operates a telephone switchboard. Close view of hands on switchboard equipment. A man picks up papers from a table and arranges them. He staples the papers and keeps them on a shelf. View of stapler. A man cleans some articles. A man in free time draws paintings and makes sculptures.
Draftees of the United States Army at an Army camp during World War 1. New recruits move towards an assembly ground near the military quarters. Draftees assemble as marching troops. The military leaders inspect the troops from a reviewing stand made of wooden tables.
Various types of vehicles use the road, in United States. A number of parked cars at a public parking lot. Vehicles move on a busy street outside a motel. Motor truck and a trailer moves on a road. Flatbed car carrier truck parked on side of road with several new Ford automobiles on it. Two women leave their house, sit in a car and drive away. Cars, trucks, buses and a horse cart on a road. An early Greyhound Bus bound for Washington approaches on a highway. A late 1920's or early 1930's automobile passes a horse driven cart at high speed.
Japanese- American surgeons at an operating theater at a relocation center (internment camp) in the United States during WW2. A dentist and his assistant take care of a patient. A Japanese American woman lab technician examines a specimen using a microscope. New born babies taken care by Japanese-American nurses. Student nurses learn lessons at the hospitals.
A Ford car with 'Ten millionth Ford,New York to San Francisco,via Lincoln highway' written on it. A motorcade comprising of Ford cars passes by a town in United States. Motorcade being escorted by policemen.
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