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The men now file past the personnel man more and more rapidly. To each he hands a slip, saying, "Report [[strikethrough]] on the Project [[/strikethrough]] for work on Monday - Report [[strikethrough]] on the project [[/strikethrough]] for work on Monday." etc [[strikethrough]] to give [/strikethrough]] giving the impression of many men being hired.

The next scene is on the project. Trains and autos disgorge scores of workmen. We here introduce a narrator, who begins: "Five thousand men have bene put to work on [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] this project - masons, carpenters, electricians, town planners, bricklayers, ditch diggers, architects, engineers - "

As he speaks we see the men climb into waiting trucks and go off in different directions to various parts of the project, where construction is going on. We follow these trucks while the narrator describes the work of planning and construction. We are shown numerous phases of building; excavat [[strikethrough]] ion [[/strikethrough]] ing, erecting frames of houses, pouring concrete, laying pipe. These come in rapid succession. The narrator continues: "Five million dollars worth of materials are