Automobiles at Place Beauvau, Paris. Pedestrians pass in front of the decorative iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau. Several men enter the building. Several uniformed policemen stand guard and direct traffic. Cars and a bicycle pass by. View of a train station from afar, and then view from inside the train station. Steam locomotive positioned at platform in train station. Crowd at the railway platform. Passengers move about in the train station. A train arrives and stops in the station. Passengers get out and others get into the train. Arriving passengers enter the train station hall. A train arrives. Some travelers await it on platform outside the station proper.
A view, from park across the street, of a large building in Paris, with shops at street level and residential apartments above. Camera focuses on Address No. 6. Views of the apartments. Street corner with cars passing. Pedestrians stand on pavement. A sign reads 'Sens Interoit'. Policemen stand outside tunnel entrance to Ministry of Interior. Street corner sign on building reads: "8th arr" (for 8th arrondissement) and "Rue des Saussaies." Exterior views of apartments. Interior view up surrounding staircases to skylight at top. People walk through tunnel to street, where policement stand watch. Front view of Interior Ministry and Hotel Beauvau, with policemen on guard. Paris street corner with covered subway entrance. Pedestrians and cars and buses moving about. View of Paris from a tall building. Eiffel Tower and les invalides visible. Railroad worker walking along rails, marks section of track and places an ear to the rail to listen for oncoming train.
Dijon-Ville train station in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France. Horse drawn carriages and cars on the street. Several buses in the parking area by train station. Pedestrians cross the open square between station and Hotel Morot et de Geneve (15-17 Av. Maréchal Foch, 21000 Dijon, France), on Avenue du Marechal Foch and Rue du Dr Albert Remy. Side of Hotel is painted with sign reading: "Hotel Morot, et de Geneve Deumis." Several men stand on a pavement. An Ambulance bearing red cross insignia drives through the square. A sign reads 'Hotel Morot Garage'. Other buildings in the background. Bar and Restaurant of the hotel. Chairs arranged at hotel sidewalk café. man pulls hand cart and another rides bicycle through the square. Dog approaches camera, for a moment.
Trains operating through a railway station in France. A train at the railway platform. A man stands near a large steam locomotive engine. A freight train passes through the station. People stand on the railway platform. A train arrives. Engine and wheels of the train in view. Steam rises up from the train.
Reenactment: A Speakeasy where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold during prohibition. Man carrying paper bags of liquor leaves by way of secret door through clothes closet. An investigator opens the door of the closet and looks inside. He searches the wardrobe thoroughly but does not find the secret door. Bottles of alcoholic beverages in a store room and displayed behind the bar in the hidden Speakeasy. A sign reads 'Open Sundays'. Agents force their way into the building housing the Speakeasy. They climb up stairs to the room with clothes closet, but find nothing. Other agents decent into the basement, but find nothing and come up again..
Reenactment: Prohibition. Two Speakeasy operators seated on chairs. Bottles of alcoholic beverages and other articles kept in front of them on a table. A lamp placed near the table. Rows of books arranged in shelves. They sample bootlegged liquors and inspect the bottles. One makes notes in a journal about the wares, presumably for ordering purposes. Speakeasy boss makes extended statement.
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