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keywords: racehorse gallant sir, former president herbert hoover, 1933 spring fashion show, basilica of st. john lateran, bear cubs, japanese invasion of china, city of kupeikow, alcohol prohibition, beer ban lifted, drinking beer

Synopsis: Racehorse Gallant Sir Sets New Record, Former President Herbert Hoover Takes Train Tour, 1933 Easter Spring Fashion Show, Spring Cleaning For Basilica Of St. John Lateran In Italy, Bear Cubs Born In Captivity, Japanese Forces Pushes Chinese Defenders Out Of Kupeikow, Beer Ban Lifted As Start Of Prohibition Repeal...(read more)

  • Date: 1933
  • Duration: 00:06:05
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States, Italy, China

Newsreels 1933 April 6

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Racehorse Gallant Sir Sets New Record

Race horse Gallant Sir wins the “Gallop Grande” race at Agua Caliente, Mexico and sets new record in the mile-and-a-quarter race as 10,000 fans watch the thrilling finish.

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Former President Herbert Hoover Takes Train Tour

Ex-President Herbert Hoover rides historic train on trip to the famous Comstock mining properties, the same train that carried President U.S. Grant from Reno to Virginia City 60 years ago.

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1933 Easter Spring Fashion Show

In an elaborate fashion show at Coral Gables, Florida, society “Buds” model new spring lady fashions in street suits, beach pajamas, and lingerie. Ladies fashion show.

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Spring Cleaning For Basilica Of St. John Lateran In Italy

In Rome Italy workers give the Basilica of St. John Lateran a Spring cleaning for Holy Year Pilgrims. Image of Basilica of St. John Lateran.

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Bear Cubs Born In Captivity

Footage of a roly-poly family of three-month old bear cubs born in captivity.

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Japanese Forces Pushes Chinese Defenders Out Of Kupeikow

Japanese aerial bombardment drives Chinese defenders from the key city of Kupeikow, China as Chiang Kai-shek's 25th division hurries to the front to meet the Japanese invaders.

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Beer Ban Lifted As Start Of Prohibition Repeal

In April 1933, a few months before the full-on repeal of prohibition, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act which deemed beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by volume “nonintoxicating” thru permitting its manufacture and distribution.

Shows training of Barmen at Local 278 Union Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois as the “ban on beer” is lifted. Barrels of beer are loaded on trucks and the brewery trucks roll on the stroke of midnight. Hordes of applicants for bar license as crowds pack the bars to drink “light” beer.

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