Federal agents, also known as 'Dry agents' conduct a 'moonshine raid' in Dismal Swamp during Prohibition in the United States. They hold guns while searching for the still. Agents find a leg hold trap. African American men running the still raise their hands as agents surround and arrest them. Agents empty 180 gallons of alcohol in the still and 24 barrels of peach mash onto the ground.
British, French and Belgian forces occupy city following refusal of post World War I reparation demands by the Allied countries. Allied troops advance into city of Dusseldorf, Germany. People gather on street. Cavalry patrols on road of the city and people watch them. British tanks stand on road, driven on road and soldiers walk past tank. Soldiers visible from the window of tank. Troops run past train. Crowd gathers to witness demonstration in a square of the German city, as citizens protest the demands and their effect on the German economy. Men stand on platform. One man holds board of Baron Von Lersner. Scene of a building with tome. Flag on a building half staffed. Cavalry soldiers walk past the crowd. Soldiers make human chain in front of crowd. Soldier stands on road.
Protest in defense of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Wall Street, New York City. Laborers demonstrate at Wall Street. Crowd gathers at the street. Policemen on horses stand behind the crowd. Men and women speak from dice. Banners and placards read: Governor Fuller, Sacco and Vanzetti, Emergency, Strike, Labor, Defense. Crowd raises hand.
Feeding needy women and children in Germany, during period of hyperinflation and shortages in Germany after World War 1. A woman in a white apron fills large containers with hot food that women then distribute to children. Children gather around her. Woman in apron pours food in cups with spatula and distributes it to women. Children sit on benches and eat food in cups. Woman serves food. Children eat food with spoons.
A woman pours hot soup into cups and gives it to needy children in post World War I Germany (a time of economic collapse and hyper-inflation in Germany). An officer distributes bread to men and women, while a woman assistant annotates their ration books. Girls and children eat food. Officer gives bread to a boy.
During time of Egyptians seeking independence and protesting British rule in Egypt. A large crowd surrounds an official car carrying Saad Zaghlul Pasha, the Egyptian leader, as he returns from exile. Crowd carries a big flag. Trees along the side of the street. Saad Zaghlul Pasha stands at the door of a building.
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