13170_40888_prohibition
Clip opens with various shots of men hurling bottles of alcohol at a wall. The bottles shatter and spray foam all over the wall. A large pile of bottle pieces and glass shards lay on the ground. Video cuts to shots of people giving the pros and cons of prohibition. The first man describes liquor traffic as so personally, morally, socially, economically and industrially antisocial that it will never be acceptable. Another man describes how the past 12 years of prohibition have been a total failure—there had been bribery, corruption, bootlegging, nonobservance of law, alcohol deaths and increases in drunkenness. A third man describes prohibition as an aspiration to protect and conserve human life. He says that this aspiration shall keep prohibition in the constitution. Video cuts to beer barrels rolling down a ramp, then a bartender using beer taps to fill beer mugs. The bartender lines the foamy beer mugs on the bar counter in front of himself, then slides them down the counter to men who grab them. Next shot shows a table lined with wine bottles. One of the people standing behind the table says “wine will be the next thing,” then mentions repealing the 18th amendment.