Dry V Wet War In America (1927)

Item title reads: “ The “Dry V Wet“ War In America. £100,000 worth of captured liquor destroyed in great bonfire by prohibition agents.“ Philadelphia, United States of America (USA). Hundreds of boxes of liquor are seen being doused in petrol by prohibition agents who scramble over them. Shot of boxes burning and smouldering ashes. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.