An oil refinery in the United States. An oil tank holding about 55,000 barrels of oil at the refinery. Crude oil stills at the refinery. A worker cleans a still and bolts manholes. Rotary pumps force oil to the stills and then heat is applied. Coal is delivered to a stoker under each still by automatic machinery. Animation of a still detailing the process of oil distillation.
An oil refinery in the United States. Pipelines used to transport oil to the refinery. Heating of oil in containers. Boxes in receiving house which permit inspection and testing of oil as it come from stills. Tests are made by workers to determine quality and gravity of oils. Tanks to store oil awaiting further treatment.
An oil refinery in the United States. When oil has passed from stills after distillation, there remains coke which must be removed. A man wears a mask and gloves before entering a still. The man removes coke from the still. Workmen relax. Coke is cooled. Workers shovel coke. A crane dumps coke. Oil is transported to stills where test products are made by further distilling. A receiving house where pumps are used to pump oil to the stills and from the stills back to the receiving house.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally in a forest near Stone Mountain, Georgia, in the United States. Members of the KKK group dressed in white robes and hoods gather in the forest. They perform formal ceremonies there. One robed member is a child and is greeted by other members. One member waves the flag of the United States. They bow while standing in a circle. A member wears a mask. He bows in front of the U.S. flag. Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain Georgia is seen in the background in final shot.
Street sign in a small city reads 'Main Street'. Cars drive along a wide street. Men confer on sidewalk outside a building. Many cars are parked along the curb. Man with a package "jay walks" across a street causing difficulty for drivers who must avoid him. He, in turn, rails at the drivers. Pedestrians on sidewalk look over unpaved roadway. Man, on upper porch of a building, looks out over cars driving on the street below. A woman cleans window of Hotel upon which "Hotel Dayton, Under New Management," is painted (presumably in Dayton, Ohio).
Local members of optimist club, in small city, pose on steps of a building for photograph. Two photographers click pictures. An octagonal sign reads 'Optimist International'. People sit at tables in a hall.