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SS OLYMPIC. 7/27/21
VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE OLYMPIC COMING UP HARBOR & VIEWS OF HER DOCKING. SINN FEINERS WITH BANNERS PROTESTING AGAINST THOMAS THE ENGLISH LABOR LEADER. CROWD FOLLOWING MME. CURIE TO CAR. CRUISE SHIP. PROTESTERS HOLD PLACARDS & SIGNS. WAVE AMERICAN & FRENCH FLAGS. (THE "OLYMPIC" IS THE SISTER SHIP OF THE TITANIC) |
00:07:22 382 |
SS OLYMPIC IN DOCK. 5/9/22
STEAMSHIP IN DOCK, TAKEN FROM WATER. LOW SHOT UP TO SHIP FROM THE ROPES THAT TIE IT TO THE DOCK. HIGH SHOT FROM FAR DISTANCE, SHOWING BOXES BEING LOADED ON SHIP. WORKERS LOAD CARGO ONTO SHIP. (THE "OLYMPIC" IS THE SISTER SHIP OF THE TITANIC) |
00:10:11 551 |
STATEN ISLAND FERRY. NEW YORK CITY. 4/30/28
INT/DAY. INSIDE DOCKING AREA AS THE FERRY BOAT APPROACHES AND IS DOCKED, PASSENGERS AND VEHICLES DISEMBARKING. PASSENGERS & VEHICLES BOARDING. THE FERRY PULLING BACK OUT INTO THE HARBOR. SHIP'S DECK COVERED WITH PEOPLE. PEOPLE FLOW OFF OF SHIP. COMMUTERS. CARS, HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES. DELIVERY TRUCKS. |
00:16:11 911 |
SUGAR FROM RIVER PIRATES IN NEW YORK CITY. 4/20/20
36,000 POUNDS OF SUGAR CONFISCATED BY THE POLICE FROM RIVER PIRATES. 36 BURLAP SACKS OF SUGAR PILED UP INSIDE POLICE STATION AT PIER. SHOWING SUGAR IN BOAT USED BY THE THIEVES BEING BROUGHT ONTO DECK. BAGS UNLOADED BY THE POLICE |
00:17:14 974 |
JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY, CHAIRMAN OF SECURITIES & EXCHANGES. WASHINGTON, D.C. 7/3/34
JOSEPH KENNEDY SPEAKING ON RESPONSIBILITES OF COMMISSION. TALKS BRIEFLY ON REGULATING STOCK EXCHANGE. DIPS PEN INTO INK WELL AND SIGNS PAPER. |
00:18:47 1067 |
THE WAR AGAINST RUM ON CANADIAN BORDERS. 2/27/26
WINTER ADDS TO HARDSHIP OF U.S. CUSTOMS FORCE PATROLLING VERMONT LINE. CAR CHASE. 2 CARS SPEED DOWN SNOW-COVERED ROAD. LOTS AND LOTS OF SNOW. STOPPING HORSE-DRAWN SLED. POLICE HOLDING UP CAR IN SNOW AND SEARCHING IT. HENRY D. WHITEHILL IN ST. ALBANS DIRECTS WIDE OPERATIONS. POINT TO MAP ON WALL WITH PINS IN IT. SIGNS DOCUMENT. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS POSE IN SNOW. OPEN TRAIN BOX CAR THAT IS FILLED WITH HAY. WITH HOOKS, PULLING BALES OF HAY FROM FREIGHTER CAR. SEARCH HAY. WOODEN BOXES OF LIQUOR BEING SMUGGLED. CRATES OPENED, BOTTLES OF WINE PULLED OUT & DISPLAYED. EARLY ODD CAR WITH SKIS ON THE FRONT END INSTEAD OF TIRES, EARLY SNOW VEHICLE. POLICE ON BACK WITH RIFLES. PROHIBITION. |
00:23:36 1356 |
CANADIAN SCHOONER CAPTURED WITH ALCOHOL. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 1/21/26
CANADIAN SCHOONER OAK A. LEE, LADEN WITH ALCOHOL CAPTURED 10 MILES OFF CAPE COD BY COAST GUARD. VIEW OF THE SCHOONER AND SUB CHASER. NOT BEING UNLOADED PENDING COURT DECISION. |
00:24:38 1418 |
U.S. OFFICERS DESTROY BOOZE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. 11/13/27
U.S. OFFICERS DESTROY $600,000 IN BOOZE. CARGO OF A RUM RUNNER IS SMASHED AND BURNED BY PHILADELPHIA MARSHAL. MEN THROWING AND SMASHING BARRELS AND WOODED CRATES. HUGE PILE. SMOKES, SET ON FIRE. CHOPPING BARRELS WITH AXES. MEN UNLOAD THE LIQUOR. UNLOAD CARGO FROM SHIP AND LOAD IT ONTO TRUCK. BLACK WORKERS. PROHIBITION. |
00:27:45 1605 |
THIRSTY AMERICANS TRY TO EVADE CUSTOMS INSPECTORS. BUFFALO, UPSTATE NEW YORK. 4/23/28
BUSY SEASON FOR DRY CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CATCHING SMUGGLERS OVER THE NEW PEACE BRIDGE. CANADIAN BORDER. CARS PULL UP TO CURB, POLICE GET IN SEARCH CAR. PULL LIQUOR BOTTLES OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. UNWRAP BOTTLES HIDDEN IN TRUNK. PULL SEAT OUT OF CAR. SEARCHING THE POCKETS OF MAN. CAMERAMAN GETS INTO BACK OF ARMORED CAR WHERE HE HID TO GET PICTURES OF THE "CATCHES". SETS UP CAMERA, SHUTS DOOR. UNLUCKY AMERICAN GETS CAUGHT WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF THE CONTRABAND. PROHIBITION. |
00:30:46 1786 |
PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL RELEASE FOR FOX PHILADELPHIA THEATRE. ANIMATED TITLE OF LIBERTY BELL WITH FOX NEWS. SHOTS OF BUILDINGS IN PHILADELPHIA. CAMERA TRICK ANIMATION MAKES IT LOOKS LIKE NEW BUILDING GROWS OR SPRINGS OUT OF THE GROUND. LARGE CLOCK TOWER BUILDING IN PHILLY WITH A STAUE OF WILLIAM PENN AT THE TOP. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY JAS. T. CORTELYOU. MAYOR-ELECT W. FREELAND KENDRICK & MRS. KENDRICK IN PARK. HE GETS A HUG FROM CUTE LITTLE CHILD. ANIMATED HAND QUICKLY DRAWS WILLIAM PENN & MAYOR WITH ARMS ON EACH OTHER. SHOTS OF VARIOUS POLITICAL OFFICIALS. PLANNING AND POSING. |
00:37:17 2177 |
HARBOR, DOCKS AND SHIPS. LOTS OF WORKERS, MEN ON DOCKS. CARGO SHIPPING TOWERS FALL, KNOCKED DOWN. AFTERMATH OF DESTRUCTION, WRECKAGE. RUINS. PEOPLE STAND BY FENCE. LITTLE GIRL FEEDS DEER IN ZOO. DUCKS & SWAN SWIM IN WATER. EXOTIC BIRDS IN CAGE. FLAMINGO, SEAGULL. POLAR BEARS IN CAGE, CHEW ON BARS. ANTEATER. CU LION & A TIGER ROAR. 2 ELEPHANTS PLAY IN MUDDY WATER TO COOL OFF. VIEW OF WILLIAM PENN TOWER, REGULAR SHOT AND SPINS AROUND, UPSIDE DOWN. CAMERA TRICK TAKES THE STATUE OFF THE TOP OF SPIRE AND FLIES IT AROUND THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. SUPERIMPOSED OVER OTHER BUILDINGS.
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00:41:52 2452 |
LIQUOR DESTROYED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. 9/28/26
HUNDREDS OF CASES OF IMPORTED LIQUOR IS DESTROYED BY U.S. MARSHAL FRANK W. MATHUES. CU HOLDING LOTS OF BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL IM MAN'S ARMS. MATHUES HOLDING BOTTLES OF BRANDY, GIN, VERMOUTH, SCOTCH, CHAMPAGNE. HE BENDS DOWN AND SMASHES THE BOTTLES. OTHER SHOTS OF DESTRUCTION, DUMPING. MEN DESTROY BOTTLES OF CONFISCATED BOOZE. THROWING BOXES OUT OF TRUCK INTO PILE. PILES OF SACKS AND BOXES SET ON FIRE, BURN. BONFIRE. POPPING CORK ON WINE BOTTLE. OPENING SACKS AND TAKING OUT AND UNWRAPPING BOTTLES. PROHIBITION |
00:46:53 2753 |
RUM RUNNERS IN NEW YORK CITY. 5/11/26
RUM RUNNER SHIP LISTS 30 DEGREES IN NEW YORK HARBOR. CREW OF RUNNER BEING LOCKED UP. ON DOCK AND GOING INTO PATROL WAGON. CROWD OF MEN BEING LED ALONG ON DOCK BY POLICEMEN. SMUGGLERS. VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE SHIP DONNETTA, TILTING SEVERELY TO ONE SIDE. |
00:50:07 2947 |
BOSTON POLICE LIQUOR SQUAD DESTROYS STILL
MASSACHUSETTS. 9/15/25 BOSTON POLICE LIQUOR SQUAD DESTROY 75 MOONSHINE STILLS, TANKS & OTHER APPARATUS, AMOUNTING IN VALUE TO $10,000. MEN CARRY STILLS FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND PILE THEM UP TO BE DESTROYED. PILE OF METAL PIECES. SMASHING STILLS WITH HAMMERS & AXES. LOADING, PILING DESTROYED STILLS ONTO BACK OF TRUCK. A LOAD OF LIQUOR FROM A RAID. LINING UP BOTTLES OF BOOZE. |
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