Prohibition Era Movies

Mother O'day, running her saloon after the death of her husband, places her daughter in the care of Mrs. Kendall, a high society woman. Later, in the...

A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him...

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

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

Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

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

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