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Here's a clip from 1932 on the banning of alcohol in America, the so-called prohibition era. 

The clip begins with men hurling bottles of alcohol at a wall. It sounds like gunfire. The bottles shatter and spray foam seemingly everywhere. A pile of broken bottles and glass shards lie on the ground. 

People discuss the pros and cons of liquor repeal, i.e. ending prohibition. 

The first man describes "liquor traffic" -- the free flow of liquor throughout society -- as so personally, morally, socially, economically, industrially, viciously, and irredeemably antisocial that it will never be acceptable. 

A second man describes how the past 12 years of prohibition have been a total failure. Crime, increases in drunkenness, widespread bootlegging, nonobservance of the law, deaths from alcoholism, and a corruption unmarked in any other period in American history has kept step with national prohibitionism.

A third man describes prohibition as an aspiration to protect and conserve human life. He says that this aspiration shall keep prohibition in the constitution. 

Beer barrels roll down a ramp. A bartender fills  up beer mugs using multiple beer taps. The bartender then lines up these mugs filled with beer on a bar counter and slides them down the counter to people who catch them at the other end.

The clip ends with a table lined with wine bottles. One of the people standing behind the table says “wine will be the next thing,” then mentions repealing the 18th amendment, the amendment that banned alcohol.