Distant view of Nankin Mills followed by closer view with water next to building. Car passes industrial building in nearby Pike's Peak in Westland, Michigan. WS field with building in background. Man and boy picking fruit or berries from a tree. MS Nankin=Mills building. Wide shot Nankin Lake. Boys swimming in pond. Boys fishing in lake while sitting on a log.
Ford workers descend a staircase to go to work. CU feet and legs of workers entering Ford plant. WS Ford workers entering plant, possibly the Ford River Rouge plant. Montage shows Earth superimposed on images of foundry sparking and worker assembling parts.
A woman dressed in traditional Dutch clothing loads a milk jug into a cart pulled by a dog. The woman on farm road alongside dog cart as Ford convertible automobile passes her. She waves to man driving car. Probable location is Ford Greenfield Village.
Globe in Court of the World, Ford Rotunda, also known as the Ford Pavilion or the Ford Exposition Building. Large globe was the centerpiece exhibit known as, “Ford Industries Cover the World” CU views of depictions of "Progress" and "Industry" on building facade. Smaller globe rotating in Ford Rotunda.
Opening scene shows policemen keeping things calm in a group of men gathered outside the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Union organizers of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are passing out newspapers, or Union flyers of some kind. Policemen circulate among the men as this is happening. At time 00:37 a man is seen talking with UAW President, R.J. Thomas (Roland Jay Thomas). More scenes of men mingling. Policemen seen now include one on horseback. At time 00:52, R.J. Thomas is talking with his organizers again. Scene shifts to UAW women representatives passing out the papers to workers carrying lunch boxes. The women wear hats reading "Aux No 5." Views of policeman directing heavy traffic passing the Ford plant. A blind man with a cane is escorted across the street. Workers are lined up for buses.
A bus rides up and parks in front of a building in a suburban campus. Men begin to exit the bus and walk toward the camera. The scene is repeated again and this time a group of young men and women step from the bus and walk along a pathway toward the building entrance (unseen). View shifts to inside the entrance hallway of the building, where doors are open to what seem like classrooms. Along the wall is a time clock and cards for persons. A succession of young men take their cards and "punch in" at the time clock, followed by several young women who do likewise.
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