Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Confiscating liquor smuggled to the US from Canada during Prohibition
Title card: "To the North - Where part of the 5,000 enforcement men watch travelers from Canada - Rouse's Point, NY" / officer searching suitcase contents on sidewalk as two men watch, car parked behind on street, microphone on stand on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dr. H. H. Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League
Title card: "The man who started it all - Dr. H. H. Russell founder of the League remarks dryly - also Westerville" / CU Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League, speaking / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coast Guard seizes $250k worth of contraband alcohol from boat
Title card: "HOLIDAY CHEER? Coast Guardsmen seize $250,000 rum cargo at Boston, Mass." / MS looking down at Coast Guardsmen hauling cases of rum onto deck from below / MS crowd watches from behind grille above / MS huge pallet of rum...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin Roosevelt addresses the 1932 Democratic National Convention, accepting its nomination for presidential candidacy
WS banner reading "OUR NEXT PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT" in stands with crowd at 1932 Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium / supporters walking around with large Roosevelt signs, posters of his face / two of Roosevelt's...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hoover and Roosevelt discuss their respective platforms during their 1932 presidential campaigns
Title card: "Your Next President Tells What He Will Do - Pathe News presents this important summary of the views of Hoover and Roosevelt so you can compare what each offers to solve the nation's outstanding problems" / VS President...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Man on the street interviews about what is expected of President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt
Title card: "What Do We Expect of Roosevelt?" / Editor's Note: "In this representative poll of public opinion, Pathe News gives voice to the demands of the 'Man on the Street' and indicates what the average citizen wants of Franklin D....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Man on the street interviews about beer and end of Prohibition
Title cards: "Do you want real beer?" and "Editor's note: At the December session Congress will legislate on beer. Public opinion will decide whether 'for' or 'against', so Pathe News presents this poll of the 'Man on the Street'" / Two...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Beer might be legal once again in the US
Title card: "Beer Coming Back? Milwaukee brewers prepare for change in Volstead Act" / interiors Milwaukee brewery cleaning equipment / beer bottles being filled / brewery assembly line / CU glass of beer / Note: exact day not known
Getty Images
SPEECH: Musician Melissa Etheridge on plant based medicine and prohibition at the BuddhaFest Pre-Event Press Conference on Prop 19 at Hollywood CA. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
SPEECH: Musician Melissa Etheridge on plant based medicine and prohibition at the BuddhaFest Pre-Event Press Conference on Prop 19 at Hollywood CA. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Senate Committee in Washington, DC, hears people in favor of Prohibition and those opposed to it
Title card: "A Senate Committee hears wets and drys" / title card: "Editor's note: We again take you behind the scenes in Congress and show you a Senate Committee in session; Representative Beck is arguing for the beer bill" / James M....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Navy Cruiser USS Indianapolis is christened and launched from Camden, New Jersey
Title card: "CRUISER PROGRAM NEARS COMPLETION - 'Indianapolis' eleventh of fifteen 10,000-ton treaty ships is launched at Camden, NJ, with Miss Lucy Taggart as sponsor" / LS high angle of men knocking blocks out of the way with battering...
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Shipment of liquor to the US from France after Prohibition is repealed
Crates of French liquor are placed in the hold of a ship / Note: exact month/day not known
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Vote to repeal Prohibition passes in 1933
New York Daily News front page, with headline 'You Can Drink! Repeal Voted', over photos of a crowded bar and a smiling former NY Gov. Al Smith (who worked for the repeal of Prohibition) // New Jersey: flat, open cart stands at loading...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes from US Prohibition in 1920s
EXT boarded-up building, probably a tavern, with hand-painted signs / CU sign 'Fixtures for Sale - Cheap' / man picks up bottle from stoop of building, underneath sign 'I'm Dead,' sniffs it / alcoholic beverages spewing from uncorked...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
After repeal of Prohibition, Anti-Saloon League of America continues to fight against saloons
Two shots of man sitting at desk speaking to camera, saying that even though Prohibition has been repealed, saloons must still be prohibited / shot of cars driving down street in Westerville, OH, where the Anti-Saloon League is...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Whiskey in the Bahamas, center of the liquor industry during US Prohibition
PAN RIGHT rows of whiskey barrels, man counting them/ men moving boxes from one place to another / LS-PAN LEFT boats with sails down / aerial of island nation Bahamas / pontoon sitting in water / men in rowboat pull away from pontoon /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
After repeal of Prohibition, guests are served alcohol with dinner in dining room of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NY City
Chef Oscar Tshirky enters room where guests are seated / close shot of Tshirky speaking / two shots of Tshirky making cocktails / Tshirky pouring cocktail / two shots of table set for dinner with wine glasses, voiceover of Tshirky...
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Postmaster General James Farley predicts repeal of Prohibition
Postmaster General James Farley at a map with black states that have voted for repeal of prohibition / He speaks (no audio) // VS dusty barrels in a cellar / A man removes one of the bottles and wipes away the dust; he uncovers bottles...
Bridgeman Arts
Speakeasies and illegal alcohol trade during Prohibition, USA 1920
Scenes from speakeasies, dancing and drinking, transport of illegal alcohol, entrance to speakeasy, bootleggers in fast boat, smuggling scenes
Hearst Metrotone News
A man gives a speech stating that prohibition is a colossal failure.
A man gives a speech stating that prohibition is a colossal failure.
Bloomberg
Jay-Z Adds Brand Power to Cannabis Company
Nov.30 -- Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. Founder and Chairman Michael Auerbach talks about acquiring two California cannabis companies and naming hip-hop artist and businessman Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter as their chief visionary officer....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1933 Prohibition Repealed
Newsreel / Narrated / Prohibition / The repeal of prohibition was inevitable due to public demand in 1933 / Men and women in a parade to repeal prohibition / NY Mayor Jimmy Walker leads the parade / Bartenders serving drinks in a bar /...
Bridgeman Arts
Declaration of war 1914. Lord Kitchener, rallies, and the prohibition parade
War is declared in 1914. Crowds gather at rallies and prohibition parades
Hearst Metrotone News
Women speak out against alcoholic beverages during a meeting.
Women speak out against alcoholic beverages during a meeting.