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keywords: prohibition, idaho senator william e. borah, moonshine, alcohol still, government agents

Synopsis: Senator William E. Borah - Prohibition Is In Danger Of Failing, Bilibid Prison Philippines Ramps Up Security...(read more)

  • Date: 1930
  • Duration: 00:01:43
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States, Philippines

Newsreels 1930 January 1

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Senator William E. Borah - Prohibition Is In Danger Of Failing

Prohibition footage. Dry Idaho Senator Borah tells fellow legislators "enforcement system is demoralized" and saloons are open everywhere; "Bar-rooms are running in the jurisdiction of District Attorneys all over this country". CU, Image of William E. Borah, Congressional Senator from Idaho.

Moonshiners in Florida. Prohibition Agents destroy 100 barrels of moonshine and the moonshiners still in the Florida Everglades.

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Bilibid Prison Philippines Ramps Up Security

Recent outbreaks from prisons in the U.S. causes an increase in vigilance of the guards at Bilibid Prison in the city of Muntinlupa, Philippines. When the alarm bell sounds convicts must lie prostrate or be shot. CU, view of the "Death House" at Bilibid Prison. Images of three prisoners condemned to the electric chair and executed 20 minutes after these pictures were taken.

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