Actors dramatizing people in a city of the United States. Cars parked on a road. Two men in a car. One man drinks from a personal flask of liquor, violating prohibition laws. Next scene shows a man and woman as they kiss in a car. Young men and women, some in flapper styles, crowded into an open car behaving wildly and having fun, portraying the wild "roaring twenties" attitude. Balloons tied on the car.
Movie portrays three women sharing an apartment. One is quietly writing letters at a desk, while her two roommates get ready to go out and have fun. The two put on lipstick makeup and perfume before leaving. They go down steps to dance hall or speakeasy where they dance the Charleston and cavort with others there. Couples are seen kissing off to the side, and some in the group carry flasks and drink illegal liquor. Women seen throwing dice in a game (woman on right at 1:08 is possibly Texas Guinan). Musicians play various persons in the group play the piano, saxophone, and ukulele. Top down view on phonograph record player as a vinyl record spins on the turntable.
American composer, George Gershwin, performs solo passage on the piano (likely from Rhapsody in Blue). Gershwin at the piano accompanied by Paul Whiteman's orchestra, with Whiteman conducting. Paul Whiteman playing violin with several other violinists. A Harlem jazz band of African American musicians performing in a jazz club (early Harlem Renaissance period). Couples dancing the Charleston. Band members singing with megaphones as flappers and couples dance, including the Charleston dance.
Movie in which actors portray bootleggers receiving liquor from a schooner offshore. They load containers into a small boat and bring them ashore. 'Oil' written on the containers. They pour liquor from the containers into bottles, at their hideout during prohibition.
Movie portrayal of gangster activities during prohibition, in 1920s in the United States. Illicit liquor trade and gang warfare. Clandestine liquor manufacture. The illicit liquor is loaded onto a truck for transportation. Truck hijacking after truck carrying liquor smashes into a car blocking the road. Metal milk containers filled with liquor being machine gunned by a passing car. Two business establishments being bombed. Gangsters interrogating two men and threatening them while holding handguns. Faceless gangster in 1920s fashions (actor) fires revolver. A policeman with a gun firing at gangsters during a getaway.
Law enforcement officials leaving a building. Wholesale arrests of gangsters. Police load them into police vans. A Police van drives out onto the street. Al Capone arrives by car and ascends steps of courthouse to appear before Federal Grand Jury. Large number of people mill about on sidewalk outside the building. Capone exits the building, descends steps, enters a car and drives away. Mayor William "Big Bill" Thompson exits the building with a woman. He reaches out to another woman who joins them at the top step by the doorway.
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