Bottles of beer on an assembly line at the end of Prohibition. Barrels of beer rolling down a ramp outside a brewery. A bartender and his patrons greet each other with raised mugs of beer. A bartender slides mugs of beer down the bar. Barrels of beer are rolled into the former West Highland State Bank on Ashland Ave at 79th Street, which was closed June 9, 1931 and has now been converted into a bar. A sign above the cash register reads, "This Bank gave 3% We give 3.2%" Sign outside the bar reads, "Ladies Entrance." Three women dressed in evening attire are greeted by the doorman as they enter the bar. From a 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.
Classic National Stock Car Road Race in Elgin,Illinois. Spectators seated at the grandstands. Drivers in Ford V-8 cars. Officials on back of V-8. 'Shanesy Motor Co Inc.' written on side of car. Driver holds a black cat. 'Litsinger Chicago De Palma' written on side of the car. Classic National Stock Car Road Race begins. Cars 1 and 2 flag off. Other cars like Dodge,Chevrolet and Plymouth flag off. Cars race around a course. Trees on either side of a road. Cars cross the finish line. Ford V-8 car wins the race. Winner being kissed by his wife.
Jewish children at a Hebrew school in Munkacs, Hungary. The children are assembled in courtyard of the school, arranged by age, with youngest in the front. A man conducts them in the singing of Hatikvah, (The Hope), a song considered a Zionist National Anthem.
Jewish children at a Hebrew school in Munkacs, Hungary. School children reciting their lessons in unison, outside the school. Rabbis and school staff leaving the school. Children standing by a table filled with books. A Rabbi and instructor stand behind the table. A woman brings two books and discusses them with the instructor. A commercial sign announcing Weavers of cloth and towels. The sign is is four languages: Czech; Hungarian; German; and Yiddish. In backyard of house, a family of weavers is busy making towels and cloths. The father keeps the various threads separated and weaves, while a woman operates a wheel by foot and a boy operates a wheel by hand. Another woman and a child watch.
Young Jewish men and women dance the Hora, in Munkacs, Hungary. They form two circles, one within the other, alternating men and women. The men hold hands with one another, behind their backs, and the women do likewise with other women. They sing in unison, verses ending in la la la, and dance in counterclockwise direction, using grapevine steps.
Christening of new German aircraft in presence of cabinet ministers in Germany. Crowd assembled around an aircraft. The new aircraft, "Hindenburg", is christened by Minister of Aviation, Hermann Goering, in presence of other cabinet ministers.