Work in progress at the famous mountain memorial, Mount Rushmore. Blasting takes place with emergence of large amount of smoke and dust. Face of George Washington appears on the mountain. Workers with safety ropes giving a finishing touch to the face. People at a distance discuss the progress of the work. Huts are seen over top of the mountain.
View of Badlands with two men standing at hill side. Native American Indian families at a camp site can be seen. An Indian family in horse cart stands at crowded market. Crowded town square where Native Indians wearing traditional Indian Headdresses gather along with town folks for some ceremonial ritual including some dancing. Wide view of a camp site with numerous tents and some parked vehicles.1920.
Brand new automobiles are demolished in spectacular head-on collisions as part of the proving process of modern motor car manufacture. A motor car is rolled sideways down a 45 degree hill, righted and then driven off. A camera man records the stunt with a film camera. A motor car driven at high speed during the test. Tires are blown at 70 miles an hour. All kinds of skidding is indulged in from 30 miles an hour up. Two motor cars are driven at full speed, drivers jump out, resulting in a head on collision.
Film starts showing a steam driven hammer forging a Studebaker automobile engine part from a flaming hot steel ingot. Two men, in protective clothing and gloves, work together to position a hot steel billet under a steam hammer to forge it into an engine part. Next, a factory worker uses a chain hoist to remove a rough engine crankshaft from a stack. The crankshaft is moved to a machine shop where it is placed in a type of lathe and machined. Closeup of the crankshaft rotating in the machining process. Next, a machinist places the crankshaft between two spindles and spins it by hand to check its balance during rotation. A slate states that the gear cutting machine to be seen next was invented by a woman. Closeup of a gear being cut with cutting tool cooled by fluid. A huge milling machine made by Ingersoll Company of Rockford, Illinois, is shown. Closeup of it milling six engine blocks at the same time. Next, a drilling machine is seen making 36 holes at the same time in an engine part. (Note: The comment about gear cutting machinery and a woman, undoubtedly refers to Catherine “Kate” Anselm Gleason (1865-1933). She worked in the family business which burgeoned as a world wide gear manufacturer when her father, William Gleason invented and patented the first bevel gear planer machine in 1874. During the restrictive culture of her time, she helped shape the global cutting tools industry as a sales engineer for her family’s gear cutting business.)
President Franklin Roosevelt moves in a car towards Mount Rushmore. Face of former President Thomas Jefferson unveiled. President Roosevelt along with dignitaries watches the unveiling. Sculpted face of George Washington clearly seen on the mountain. The workers continue to work on the monument.
Sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson in the mountain is covered with flag of United States. Unveiling of the sculptor takes place. Sculpted face of George Washington also seen in the mountain. People move down in a cable car. A ladder lies near the sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson. A hut is seen over the mountain
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