Introduction to the Midvale Steel facilities in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with exterior pan shots of the plant and adjacent Reading Railroad lines. The beginning of a series showing large ingot used to produce gun tubes.
Finishing work on steel pipes using an annealing process and inspecting the final product, shots of Midvale tool room and a worker testing a lathe tool. African American and white employees work together.
A long tracking shot of a building interior containing large boring machines and finishing lathes; workers preparing and pouring molten steel into ingot molds.
Footage of the various steps to forge gun tubes and armor plates at the Midvale Steel facilities in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shows scenes of machines and plant workers.
