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.
Musicians, with their musical instruments, file into the orchestra pit of Metropolitan Opera, in New York City. Opera star, Giovanni Martinelli, wearing a dressing gown, sings and laughs, as he prepars to makeup and dress for his performance, in role of Radames, in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida. Opera star, Lawrence Tibbett, looks in a mirror, as he prepares to apply makeup for his role as, Amonasro, in the opera. Make-up articles lay in front of him. Giovanni Martinelli, applying his makeup. Conductor, Ettore Panizza directs the orchestra, in his debut with the Metropolitan Opera . Footlights and curtain on a stage of the Metropolitan. Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of Metropolitan Opera, comes through stage door.
Conductor, Ettore Panizza, preparing for his debut with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, stands in front of a mirror. He adjusts his tie and selects a baton. Violinist prepares to enter orchestra pit and is joined by other musicians.Ettore Panizza conducts the orchestra. Footlights and curtain on the Metropolitan Opera House stage. Shadow of Ettore Panizza falls upon open opera score, as he conducts and turns pages.
Opera star, Lawrence Tibbett, gets ready for his performance, as Amonasro, in the Opera, Aida. He puts on make-up in the dressing room. An announcement for a performance of 'Aida' composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Stage director seen following score and directing performers from stage pit. Another production coordinator talks on in-house phone. Lawrence Tibbett in his dressing room. Cars arrive and patrons enter the Metropolitan Opera House. Another View of Playbill for Aida. Taxis deposit some patrons at stage door entrance of the Opera House.
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