Demonstration of portable mooring mast for use with the Goodyear blimp. The Goodyear blimp is attached to a mooring mast that is mounted on a Buick bus. Closeup of man attaching blimp to portable mooring mast. Once connected, the Buick bus moves the Goodyear blimp and mooring mast down the field. The word 'PURITAN' is seen on the blimp, along with the U.S. flag.
A tug and two barges with their illegal rum cargo and crew seized by the Coast guards are seen floating beside a Coast guard vessel. The boat of Coast Guards and federal agents with a United States flag hoisted on it arrives at dock. The seized crew is taken into custody. The seized cargo of rum, during prohibition, is loaded on a pulley and pulled up.
A factory site. Signboard reads 'Kearn Tin Insulation Work' outside the factory. A man stacks tin containers. Two men pull a drum over a plank. Sheriff's men arrive at the site firing handguns (dramatization). Holes in window panes due to firing. Three men from factory come out with their hands-up. Federal prohibition agents and local law enforcement pull down tin siding around the factory. They break hose pipes and smash other machinery used in the illegal liquor still. An agent punctures holes in the piled tin containers filled with bootleg moonshine. Liquor gushes from the punctured tins
Men smash barrels and destroy beer at a brewery owned by Al Capone. Agents pouring off beer from large holding tanks. Other men break open the ends of barrels with sledge hammers or puncture the barrels with pick axes. Dozens of barrels spray their contents into the air, soaking the brewery with beer.
Planes flying around a tower during National Air Race. One of the planes land. Crowd around watch. Wreckage of the plane amidst the crowd. Lieutenant P DeShazo,naval pilot is killed in the plane crash. Authorities make a human circle around the crashed plane to avoid spectators
Arthur Woods, former New York Police Commissioner raises his hat and smiles in Washington DC, during his role as chairman of President Herbert Hoover's Committee on Employment. Scenes of construction projects underway providing work during the Great Depression: A huge construction site with work in progress building many high rise buildings. A large dam being built. A large crane moving material to a bridge from ground. Workers engaged in welding work. Sparks at the welding site. A large crane moving iron. Workers building giant ships in shipyards. Workers walk on docks beside a ship under construction in a shipyard.
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