United States Revenue Cutter captures crew of 10 British rum runners in New York during Prohibition. Captured boat seized by Coast Guard escort boat arriving dockside at barge office. Coast Guard personnel in uniform on the captured boat. Crowd around the barge office watches the confiscation. The seize includes rum-original Sheriff's Malt and bags of William Penn, worth $200,000. Workers slide the rum barrels on a plank to the barge office from the boat. They lift bags to the dockside.
A follower of Franciscan Friar donates money. Men stand in a queue. They approach the donating priest, one by one. He gives them money. The men take the money and leave
U.S. Coast Guardsmen with 11 prisoners move in a row on the port. The seized boat with cargo at the port along with the coastal guard boat. Workers removing seized liquor cargo from the boat. A coastal guard supervises them. The seize include liquor packed in bags. 'Pure rye Whiskey' is written on one of the bag. The seize is loaded on a wheeled cart and moved by workers. During Prohibition.
Hulk of ship Victoria, a Bermuda liner in water. Wreckage of the ship float on water. A boat with divers and a smaller boat near it. Men with bags of explosives. A diver in the boat. He dives in water. The diver comes back to the boat. Blast in water.
Images of Niagara Falls and surrounding land shortly after the collapse of a rock shelf between Prospect Point and Luna Island. The collapse altered the contour of the falls for the first time in centuries. A cavity 150 feet wide has opened in the rim of the falls. Ice formations seen near the falls flowing water and encrusted on the viewing platforms. Two men seen standing near the falls.
Glimpse of Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, with U.S. Army troops posted to protect nine African American students enrolling at the school. Scene shifts to after graduation, when Minnijean Brown, one of the nine, strolls the campus of Southern Illinois University, and speaks of wanting to be a writer. She is seen in the office of a newspaper, where she works as a part time reporter, after school. Brown walks on the college campus with Professor Simon. she bicycles and picnics with friends.
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