New York in the twenties. A fat man in a suit and a strange hat light a cigar. A street sign: BROADWAY/ WALL ST. Inside the Stock Market men in suits. Men work on a girder of a New York skyscraper, hundreds of feet above New York City's skyline. Two men break alcohol and liquor bottles with a hammer. A barman prepare a cocktail. A twenties car with a smashed window. A crowd in the streets. Protests. Policemen on horses try to disperse protesters. Unemployed man stand in line in the streets. Unemployed / homeless man drink a soup from a can and looks at the camera.