Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the Rangers.
While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie star proves his heroics when a "fake" bank robbery turns out to be the real thing.
Combining a bit of drama, laboratory scenes, and microcinematography, Unhooking the Hookworm was produced to educate rural residents of the Southern U.S. about the destructive effects of hookworm and promote its eradication.