Two women cross a street. Cars are parked along the curb and several other people are seen out walking. The shops along the street include a pharmacy that has an advertisement for a current movie: "Norma Talmadge in Secrets." The women pause to look at the advertisement, and then go on their way.
Two women walk on a city sidewalk in the U.S. in the 1920s. They enter a barber shop (which usually has only men for patrons). Both women have "bob" short hair styles that are a considerable departure from styles of a decade earlier. They sit in the shop and read a newspaper, as they wait for the barber to finish giving a man a haircut. A woman goes to the empty barber chair as she explains, to the barber, how she wants her hair trimmed. The barber begins to cut her hair.
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.
Music and dance in America in the 1920s and early 1930s. American composer, George Gershwin, performs solo passage on the piano. 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.
Dramatized scenes in which actors portray bootleggers receiving liquor from a schooner offshore. They load containers of alchoholic drink into a small boat and bring them ashore. "Oil" written on the containers to disguise contents. They pour liquor from the containers into bottles, at their hideout during prohibition.
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