America Welcomes End of the Drought

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
234
Date Released
27 Nov 1933
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: America Welcomes End of Drought. DESCRIPTION: Thirsty Los Angeles folk lend willing hands at dock with shipment of legal drink, and taste it. SHOTLIST: Crate lowered over side onto quay. Band in foreground. Crowds of women seated on trucks drawing the crates waving bottles and all singing "Happy Days are Here Again". People seated at bar drinking. Panning shot along a row of bottles on a shelf. Close shot of a bar-tender shaking a cocktail shaker.
Keywords
Politics and government; Food and cooking; Crime
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
2690
Length of story (in feet)
61
Story extras:

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'America Welcomes End of the Drought', British Movietone News Issue No. 234, 27 Nov 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/4494 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)