Two men climb up to a house on a hill. View of gully. ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) workers in the Great Depression build dams in gullies to avoid erosion of soil. They plant seedling trees, build terrace farm lands and fill gullies with brush. (The ECW was later known as the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC.)
ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members (later called the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC) fell trees and stack wooden logs in forest area. Men fall timber trees. Map of United States shows Manned Emergency Conservation Work camp area. Workers dive into water stream. ECW members build houses. Emergency Conservation camp area during the Great Depression.
A factory site in United States. A crane lifts material and drops it in a railroad car. Pennsylvania Railroad car. A specialized vehicle moves up a slope. Workers load heavy motors on to a truck using a chain block and tackle device. Factory yard. automobiles parked. A worker moves a hand cart. A truck follows. Workers load paper packages on a cart and one moves the loaded cart away. Cylinders of pressurized gas stand by the loading dock. Smoke arises from stacks and vent pipes of various factories.
Secretary of State William Phillips signs the seal of the Department of State on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, marking the end of the dry law, and the end of Prohibition in the United States. Trucks move cargo of liquor to hotels and restaurants. Boxes of liquor arriving at ship docks and being unloaded. Scenes of celebration in Chicago and New York. Elevated view of Times Square at night with street traffic and neon signs. People drink liquor and celebrate in night clubs, bars and restaurants. A wealthy group dressed in black tie tuxedo sings "Hail Hail the Gang's All Here" and drinks as an orchestra plays. Close up view of a bartender as he shakes a shaker drink and pours liquor drinks for patrons. A chef in chef's hat and apron is seen in a wine cellar where he selects wine bottles and wipes the dust from each bottle, and then hands them to a restaurant employee to bring upstairs. Men and women gathered at a bar enjoy drinks as bartenders move quickly filling orders. Men stand three or four deep waving money bills and trying to get the attention of bartenders to order a drink. Close up of a woman drinking. Waiter pouring from a bottle labeled Vat 69. A waiter shaking a cocktail shaker and pouring drinks. Guests drinking alcohol. A woman brushes her forehead showing she feels tipsy. Busy scenes of pedestrians, cars and trucks on the streets of New York City at Times Square.
Models display designer Gladys Parker's fashionable clothing creations at a restaurant in New York, United States. Men and women drink cocktails at the bar and enjoy the show.
Car pulled along country road by horse. Couple sits in a car. Interior of early automobile factory. Workers assemble cars. Workers attach various parts including gas tank, steering wheel, column and horn, during timeframe before use of assembly line and its efficiency. Man ties rope to chassis and pulls chassis along assembly line. 'Henry Ford' timing in operation. Workers assemble car on an advanced assembly line. Car wheel in tracks. Worker push car. Workers on sub-assembly line attach parts. Man drives up in Model-T. Children and wife come out of house and get into the car. Girls bounce on back seat of car. Boy tries to crank car but father takes over. Boy climbs into the car and works at the car's controls. Father starts the car and all drive off.