Federal and local agents, together with laborers raiding a moonshine still site in a forest during Prohibition in the United States. Tall shack explodes, blown up by agents. Smoke arises from the raided site. The shack collapses at the site. Officials in uniform with others gather near the place to check the fallen house. Laborers with sledge hammers demolish a liquor distillation still. Liquor barrels are emptied onto ground by enforcement authorities.
Loaded Bactrian camels move in a row. Sun-set in the rear. Camels gather at a place and sit. A tent is seen in the background. Close up view of a camel's head and the camel chewing.
Footage from the Prohibition period in the United States. A man holds a beer mug. He smiles and drinks from the mug. Men and women sit together at a speakeasy bar. Liquor bottles and filled glasses on the bar. They drink and smile. They are dressed well, in suits and bowler hats (derby hats). One man is in a tuxedo with tophat. Women in late 1920's fashions.
Propeller of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to be launched. Another ship in water at the port. Two uniformed U.S. Coast Guard officers talk. (The one on the left is possibly U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Frederick C. Billard). Two dock workers use a two-man saw to cut away holding timbers. The Coast Guard cutter slides over track and enters water. Men at port watch the cutter move in water. The ship turns to the starboard.
A large crowd moves on road. They gather in a stadium. Snow lies on one side of the ground. Men in a band perform and move on the ground. Two teams appear on the field. A football game is played. Crowd is present on the roof of the stadium also. At the end of the game the band reappears and performs. A Coast Guard ship with U.S. Coast Guardsmen and a large gun, at sea. Sail boat in water at a distance from the Coast Guard ship. A life boat nears it. The Coast Guardsmen watch from the ship. The life boat with men approaches the Coast Guard ship. Captain of the ship with crew in the control room. A crew member operates wheel of the ship. The captain stands with another man on the deck. Huge waves arise in water. The bow of the ship hit the water. A Coast Guard shoots with a rifle. Many Coast Guardsmen practice shooting at a floating target in the water.
Coast Guardsmen wearing white uniforms perform drill maneuvers with their rifles along the Cape Fear Riverfront in Wilmington, North Carolina. They stand in place and move their rifles synchronously during the drill. A single Coast Guardsman performs drill maneuvers on the deck of a ship. Coast Guardsmen supervise and guard the site of a large liquor bust during Prohibition. The bust is at the corner of North Water Street and Market Street in Wilmington North Carolina, on the bank of the Cape Fear River. A Coast Guard ship moored at pier along Water Street. Hundreds of wooden boxes heaped along Water Street in front of what is today the Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, between Market and Princess streets. Workers destroy the boxes with axes and sledge hammers while Coast Guard look on. Illegal liquor flowing in the street. Men continue to remove more boxes from the building at the corner of Water and Market. Road is filled with smashed boxes. Crowd watches the activities from the end of Market Street. A truck arrives to pick up the smashed boxes. Boats and ships at the port by the street are shown. Smashed boxes are loaded on the truck. One nearby building is named the "Union Cafe". A book shop is in the same building. (Today, that building at 14 South Water Street is site of the Riverboat Landing Restaurant). The JW Brooks Wholesale Grocer building is also seen in the footage, with its sign painted on the Market Street side of its brick face.
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