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keywords: prohibition era, alcohol agents, moonshine still, rolling skating, roller skaters, new york city, fairground stunt, steam locomotives, head-on collision

Synopsis: Prohibition Agents Destroy Moonshine Still In New Jersey, Roller Skate Champs Showcase Their Skills In New York City, Classic Two Trains Collide Head-On Stunt...(read more)

  • Date: 1930
  • Duration: 00:02:13
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

Newsreels: 1930 - July 17

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Prohibition Agents Destroy Moonshine Still In New Jersey

Prohibition Agents blow up $300,000 moonshine still in Clark's Landing , New Jersey. The biggest illegal liquor still in the state capable of producing $15,000 worth of moonshine whiskey a day by the Moonshiners is demolished by a dynamite blast.

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Roller Skate Champs Showcase Their Skills In New York City

Sensational skating aces stunt against New York City skyline on Governor's Island. Earl Van Horn and Inez Van Horn do some fancy work on roller skates, including the "neck whirl," the "aeroplane plunge" and the "swivel spin" on a rooftop platform with the skyline of NYC in the background.

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Classic Two Trains Collide Head-On Stunt

Thousands at the Fair Grounds see speeding train locomotives meet in a head-on collision which demolishes the two trains in a "suicide pact". Footage of train locomotive (engine) approaches camera at high speed. Point of view (pov) looking forward as train locomotives collide. Aftermath of wreckage after the head-on collision of two fast moving train steam engines. Head-on crash of two trains.

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