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Elizebeth Friedman
Elizebeth Friedman revolutionized American cryptology and played a crucial role in bringing down mobsters and spy rings in the 20th century.
Weird History
Working As A Bootlegger During Prohobition
Mark Twain once said, "It is the prohibition that makes anything precious." The United States learned that lesson the hard way not long after January 17, 1920, when it made the nation’s fifth-largest industry largely illegal. Smuggling...
Bridgeman Arts
Harold Winner, cameraman, talks of filming a prohibition police raid in Chicago
From a series of interviews with the cameramen who filmed some of the most pivotal moments in Western newsreel history.
Bridgeman Arts
They Made News, Part 1 - Sam Greenwald talks of Paramount photojournalism competition and Howard Winner talks of Prohibition police raid
Sam Greenwald talks of Paramount photojournalism competition. Also interview with Howard Winner, cameraman who filmed a real prohibition police raid. Clip includes his footage. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel...