Pierre Comert addresses crowd gathered around architectural model of the 'League of Nations headquarters' in Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary of League General Joesph Avenol speaks of new building as representative of the solidarity of the League through collaboration.
Secretary of State William Phillips signs the seal of the Department of State on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, marking the end of the dry law, and the end of Prohibition in the United States. Trucks move cargo of liquor to hotels and restaurants. Boxes of liquor arriving at ship docks and being unloaded. Scenes of celebration in Chicago and New York. Elevated view of Times Square at night with street traffic and neon signs. People drink liquor and celebrate in night clubs, bars and restaurants. A wealthy group dressed in black tie tuxedo sings "Hail Hail the Gang's All Here" and drinks as an orchestra plays. Close up view of a bartender as he shakes a shaker drink and pours liquor drinks for patrons. A chef in chef's hat and apron is seen in a wine cellar where he selects wine bottles and wipes the dust from each bottle, and then hands them to a restaurant employee to bring upstairs. Men and women gathered at a bar enjoy drinks as bartenders move quickly filling orders. Men stand three or four deep waving money bills and trying to get the attention of bartenders to order a drink. Close up of a woman drinking. Waiter pouring from a bottle labeled Vat 69. A waiter shaking a cocktail shaker and pouring drinks. Guests drinking alcohol. A woman brushes her forehead showing she feels tipsy. Busy scenes of pedestrians, cars and trucks on the streets of New York City at Times Square.
Models display designer Gladys Parker's fashionable clothing creations at a restaurant in New York, United States. Men and women drink cocktails at the bar and enjoy the show.
Pursuit Airplanes of United States Army Air Corps. CURTIS XP-17 Pursuit Airplane. A single seater experimental pursuit airplane with a wright 'V-1460' engine and developing 480 HP. A man climbs down the plane. The engine of plane runs. A pilot in the plane. The XP-17 taxis at the Wright Field.
Pursuit Airplanes of United States Army Air Corps. Curtis YP-20 Pursuit Airplane. It is powered by a Wright R-1820 and an engine of 575 HP. A man starts the engine and the plane taxis at the Wright Field.
Pursuit Airplanes of United States Army Air Corps. Curtis XP-22, Pursuit Airplane. It has power plant of 600 horse power and Curtis 'V-1570-C' engine. The engine of plane runs and the plane taxis at Wright Field.
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