"It's Ale Columbia Now!" AKA Its Ale Columbia… 1933

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Full title reads "New York. It's Ale Columbia now! Whoopee parties bid 'goodbye to all that prohibition stuff' with real beer!!"

New York, United States of America (USA).

Barrels of beer are loaded onto the back of a horse drawn dray wagon. The driver says 'Good Times are here again!'....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6103
Sort Number:
33/029
Time in/Out:
01:20:42:00 / 01:21:56:00
Canister:
33/29
Film ID:
703.15
Issue Date:
10/04/1933

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