Wild rice is an important source of food and revenue for many Anishinaabe people, who sometimes travel hundreds of kilometres to harvest the grain in the region around Kenora, Ontario.

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Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the families of the Pauingassi band as they comb the reedy shores with brooms, paddles and baskets for manomim (wild rice).

Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson. Joe's buddy Jim joins the crew with startup money. Farmer's niece Fay falls for Joe. He puts her off. To get back she marries Jim whom she prods into high-grading the grain (skimming off some for private sale). The last payment on Joe's machinery is due just as he discover's what his buddy has been doing.

A montage of watercolour images of the work and occasional play of a farm family.

A vignette on the travelling calliope (also known as steam organ), a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through large locomotive whistles.

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.

Ice cutting on the St. Lawrence River in the 1860s is illustrated in song and animated graphics.