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U.S. Coast Guardsmen drill on Water Street in Wilmington, North Carolina and oversee liquor raid during prohibition

Coast Guardsmen wearing white uniforms perform drill maneuvers with their rifles along the Cape Fear Riverfront in Wilmington, North Carolina. They stand in place and move their rifles synchronously during the drill. A single Coast Guardsman performs drill maneuvers on the deck of a ship. Coast Guardsmen supervise and guard the site of a large liquor bust during Prohibition. The bust is at the corner of North Water Street and Market Street in Wilmington North Carolina, on the bank of the Cape Fear River. A Coast Guard ship moored at pier along Water Street. Hundreds of wooden boxes heaped along Water Street in front of what is today the Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, between Market and Princess streets. Workers destroy the boxes with axes and sledge hammers while Coast Guard look on. Illegal liquor flowing in the street. Men continue to remove more boxes from the building at the corner of Water and Market. Road is filled with smashed boxes. Crowd watches the activities from the end of Market Street. A truck arrives to pick up the smashed boxes. Boats and ships at the port by the street are shown. Smashed boxes are loaded on the truck. One nearby building is named the "Union Cafe". A book shop is in the same building. (Today, that building at 14 South Water Street is site of the Riverboat Landing Restaurant). The JW Brooks Wholesale Grocer building is also seen in the footage, with its sign painted on the Market Street side of its brick face.

Location: Wilmington North Carolina USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023952
Cotton fabric is manufactured at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA.

Cotton fiber being converted into yarn at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA. Yarn is dyed before further operations. Skilled beamer sets colored threads into a pattern and they are rolled onto a loom beam. Beams go into a drawing machine. Prepared beams are made ready for the loom. Cotton fabric being prepared. View of cotton fabric blended with aluminum thread.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050472
Knitted fabric manufactured at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA

Knitted fabric of the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA. View of knitted fabric clothes. Women at work on a modern knitting machine. A fashion model displays garments made up of knitted fabric.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050473
Yarn being converted into fabric at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA.

View of the Burlington Mills at Central Falls in North Carolina. Workers carry crates of yarn in a warehouse. View of raw yarn. A man fits yarn rolls on stands. Yarn being wound on spools. Spools are then wound on section beams. Threads are then wound on a single loom beam. The finished material goes through inspection, dying, finishing, framing and final inspection. View of different types of fabrics. Garments are packed for transportation. Models display costumes.

Location: Central Falls North Carolina USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050470
Spun rayon fabric is manufactured at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina; 1950s family fashions in USA

Manufacture of spun rayon fabric at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina. A worker loads cotton-looking, rayon fiber in to a machine. Rolls of fiber are loaded into a carding machine. Fluffy strands are combined into a single uniform strand. Exteriors of the plant. View of manufactured garment. Shows people wearing latest fashion clothes made up of Burlington Mill's fabric . Man and woman on a balcony with woman in a dress and man in a grey suit. Vintage 1950s suburban American family scene with family members together in a living room, including husband, wife, boy, girl, and a separate scene with a teenage girl wearing a scarf in her hair. Woman in the rain holding an umbrella.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050471
Ribbons being manufactured at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA.

Manufacture of ribbons at Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Spools of ribbons. Ribbon looms are shown. Ribbons being manufactured on beams. Women workers pack them. Shows a mother putting her baby into a cradle.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050475
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