Pipe making (using corn on the cob). Huge crane picks up corn on the cob from a huge container at the Quaker Oats company. Cobs are moved in to chemical processing plants, to make furfural (essential for manufacture of nylon, synthetic rubber etc.). Different machines in the chemical processing plants. Scientists pour liquids into glass jars. Soap production is shown on an assembly line. Lanolin being made: used in the manufacture of non liquid soap. Men weigh the lanolin and pour it into a giant tub. Remains of sugar cane stalks (bagasse) are processed to a paper making factory (from its cellulose content). Various shots of the stalks on a conveyor belt.