Clips of harnessed donkeys pulling ropes on a stone-scattered hill, then men riding horses in an rural area—meant to show how other countries, without steam, electricity and oil like in the U.S., are “powered” by animals. Following clips emphasize how industrialized U.S. is: Cars rushing along bridge and highway in a city. Man working with stream of molten, steaming metal in a factory setting. At an oil refinery, two men turn huge valve wheel, another man takes notes while inspecting some sort of machine with moving parts and two gauges, another man using blow torch on high tower. Grocery store staff help a couple load groceries into their car. Man pays uniformed gas pumper for a fill up at a gas station. Young men and women walk around a college campus with sprinklers spraying lawn. Older couple sits in backyard full of frees, flowers and lush grass. An oil tanker unloads pallets of oil barrels at dock. Narrator mentions oil industry, our ever growing need for oil, economic effects of oil, and how other countries need oil from us.