Conductor converses with concert master violinist onstage, before a performance. Musicians begin to play under the baton of the conductor. Musicians dressed formally. Instruments, music stands and music manuscripts clearly seen. Soloist Paul Wiggenstein plays the piano, with left hand only, on stage. Right sleeve of his jacket hangs limp at his side. Soloists play violins. Audience seated in concert hall. Wiggenstein and the conductor taking bows after the performance.
Reenactment: A Speakeasy where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold during prohibition. Man carrying paper bags of liquor leaves by way of secret door through clothes closet. An investigator opens the door of the closet and looks inside. He searches the wardrobe thoroughly but does not find the secret door. Bottles of alcoholic beverages in a store room and displayed behind the bar in the hidden Speakeasy. A sign reads 'Open Sundays'. Agents force their way into the building housing the Speakeasy. They climb up stairs to the room with clothes closet, but find nothing. Other agents decent into the basement, but find nothing and come up again..
Reenactment: Prohibition. Two Speakeasy operators seated on chairs. Bottles of alcoholic beverages and other articles kept in front of them on a table. A lamp placed near the table. Rows of books arranged in shelves. They sample bootlegged liquors and inspect the bottles. One makes notes in a journal about the wares, presumably for ordering purposes. Speakeasy boss makes extended statement.
United States former President Calvin Coolidge dedicates a dam named in his honor on the Native American Indian San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. View of the dam and Gila river. Mountains in the background. Many people on the dam. Lunch tables arranged on the dam. President Coolidge eats lunch on top of structure across Gila River. President Coolidge smokes a peace pipe with the Native American Indian tribal people. Leaders of the Pima and Apache Indian tribes are seen.
Nineteen year old aviatrix Elinor Smith prepares for a flight at Roosevelt Field in New York. The aircraft takes off. View of land below. Woman pilot sets a new altitude record for a female flyer. Aviator Elinor Smith breaks woman's altitude record by reaching height of 32,000 feet in airplane.
A crowd of 40,000 people attend the Congress of Eucharist held in Manila, Philippines. The crowd marches through the streets for the procession of the Blessed Sacrament. Various religious orders take part. People stand in rows. Eucharistic ceremony take place.
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