A staged news film showing Prohibitionist William E. Johnson (aka "pussyfoot") accompanied by uniformed police officers raiding a rum liquor still, in Soux City Iowa. The officers kick open the doors of the distillery, and pull a man out. Then, from inside, two law enforcement men carry out a simple piece of distillation apparatus. Johnson sheds his coat jacket and proceeds to destroy the still equipment with a sledge hammer, bashing holes in the container and breaking pipe and distillation coils from the device. (Note: a slate alludes to Johnson losing an eye while crusading in London. That occurred on November 13,1919, when he was publicly "teased" by medical students who carried him on a stretcher through the streets. Johnson lost sight in one eye, after being struck with an object thrown by a spectator.)
A crowd parades on the street during a festival in Japan. Civilians in native costumes walk along street. Flag on buildings on side of street. Officials in large conveyance. Parade passes under archway. Dancers with crowd. Crowd passes through gate. To dispel the evil spirits the dragon is awarded a prominent place in the procession. Large dragon on street. Crowd pulls floats. Geisha girls and others dance on street. Civilians watch.
Panoramic view of rice paddies in Japan. Mountains in the background. Workers pull plants. Ox draws harrow over fields. Workers standing in water plant sprouts. Trees in the background. Japanese couple eats rice from a bowl with chopsticks.
Nurses attend to babies at the Ecole Edith Cavell (now known as the Medical Centre Edith Cavell) in Brussels. A memorial to Edith Cavell outside the Medical Centre Edith Cavell Hospital building, located between rue de Bruxelles (now rue Edith Cavell) and rue de l'Ecole (now rue Marie Depage) in Uccle, a municipality in Brussels. An inscription on the memorial in French. Nurses carry small children out of the hospital building. A nurse attends to children at a hospital. A nurse tries to comfort a crying baby while holding two small children. American sailors hold babies. A close view of an upset child. Nurse holding a child. A toddler boy tries to walk on his own.
An American sailor buys flowers from a woman in a flower market operated by widows from World War I, at Place Charles Rogier in front of the Grand Hotel Cosmopolite, in Brussels, Belgium. Men lined up in background. Because of the devastating loss of men during the World War, Belgian women perform many tasks themselves. One woman shines shoes.
U.S. destroyers carry Greek and Armenian refugees from Turkey to temporary refuge camp at Athens orphanage in Greece, during the period of the Greco-Turkish War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Sailors carry a sick refugee on a stretcher. More refugees arrive on the ship. Refugees with belongings embark the ship.
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