Millions Hail End Of Dry Era By Joyful Crowds
Millions Hail End Of Dry Era By Joyful Crowds
Clip: 343037_1_1
Year Shot: 1933
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1509
Original Film: 005-204-12
HD: N/A
Location: Chicago, IL
Timecode: 00:36:44 - 00:38:52
Rolling contrast dull and light in imagery Following the ratification of the twenty-first amendment to the constitution by Utah, the thirty-sixth state to approve it, acting Secretary of State William Phillips, formally proclaims the death of the eighteenth amendment. In big cities vast fleets of trucks begin moving precious liquor cargoes valued at millions of dollars to fashionable hotels and restaurants. Merry throngs in Chicago celebrate, while along the great white way in New York, thousands lift their glasses, filled with fine wines, whiskeys and liqueurs, and drink legally for the first time in fourteen years. (Street and traffic scenes from downtown Chicago, 1933)