Prohibition Era Movies

A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films...

People give their opinion to the report on the unpopular Dry Law.

This newsreel depicts the inner-workings of a bootleggers' facility for making and distributing illegal bootleg liquor..

G.W. Wickersham, head of Commission, sums up it's findings for Metrotone.

Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.