| PROHIBITION WHISKEY Whiskey producers try to get round Prohibition by exporting liquor to Europe. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5204 | |
| Catalog #: | 244611 | |
| Clip Number: | 244611-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 649 | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:33 - 01:04:14 | |
| Location: | Jersey City, United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEVERAGES/ALCOHOL: Misc ECONOMICS: Trade, Exports INDUSTRY: Cargo & Freight Handling LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PROHIBITION: Misc | |
| Description: | WE DONT WANT IT Distillers are making every effort to ship part of their immense stocks of whiskey - computed at 75 million quarts - to Europe. Jersey City, United States of America. As temperance movements grow and Prohibition strengthens, distillers try and get around the problem by increasing exports. Four official looking gentlemen observe another man rolls barrels of whiskey down a ramp from a warehouse, a guard holding a rifle watches over the proceedings. MS Barrels being rolled towards camera. C/U of barrels - ropes are attached and they are hoisted upwards. Two G.Vs. barrels being loaded onto boat. Four dock workers untie the ropes and load the barrels onto a ship bound for Europe. The dockers laugh and shout as they work. | |
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