Prohibition Era Movies

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly...

Johnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping showgirl in "George White's Scandals" in a tale of New...

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

Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard.

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

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

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

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