Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.
Explosion trials thrill miners at Bruceton, Pennsylvania during a 'safety congress' sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. A blast by dynamite witnin an Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines in Bruceton. Smoke rises from the dynamite explosion. The experts of the U.S. Bureau of Mines demonstrate the dynamite and powder blasts to the miners. A man presses a detonator and lets off another dynamite explosion in a mine shaft to show the proper usage of explosives in loosening mineral riches. The dynamite explodes and smoke rises. Men stand very near the explosion area.
A new subway is inaugurated in Quaker City, Pennsylvania. A sign board reads 'Subway'. Civilians gathered in the streets. A locomotive moves on tracks at the newly opened subway. Officers greet Philadelphia's Mayor Harry Arista Mackey. Mayor Mackey aboard the train.
Jack Diamond, a gangster, is caught by the police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of men. A ship underway at a sea. Men come out of a building.
Female fire fighters in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. A vehicle being driven out of a garage with woman fire fighters in it. The vehicle driven down a road. Women fire fighters attach a hose to a water pump. Fire fighters drive away.
Convention of Beauty Culturists ban short hair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of women (still in flapper era from the 1920s) with short hair or bob hair display various hair styles. A barber trims hair of a chimpanzee named Bridget seated in a barber chair. A woman files her nails. The barber removes excess hair with a brush and shows a mirror to the chimpanzee.
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