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Will It Ever Happen Here? The Prohibition… 1920
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Zion City, U.S.A. The Prohibition era. Full titles read: "WILL IT EVER HAPPEN HERE?' " "84,000 bottles of liquor condemned to be destroyed under "Pussyfoot" law, are poured into City sewers."
C/U Camera slowly pans from right to left over a cluster of open topped wooden barrels and crates....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 21623
- Sort Number:
- G 0629
- Time in/Out:
- 01:02:22:00 / 01:03:11:00
- Canister:
- G 629
- Film ID:
- 204.03
- Issue Date:
- 01/01/2020
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