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Demon rum

Portrays Detroit, Michigan before, during and after Prohibition. Includes segments about Henry Ford's influence and recollections of Detroitians.

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  • ""Demon Rum examines prohibition as it affected the city of Detroit, Michigan. Viewers meet the people involved in rum running and operating the speakeasies. In a saga that reflects our own times and problems, this program traces the advent of prohibition and a campaign that asked drinkers to "just say no" to the evils of alcohol. The program also covers the enormous profits to be made in any illegal enterprise involving banned substances and the eventual repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment"--Container."
  • "Portrays Detroit, Michigan before, during and after Prohibition. Includes segments about Henry Ford's influence and recollections of Detroitians."@en
  • "Discusses life under prohibition from 1920 to 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. Covers various effects of prohibition on the society and the rise of gangs. Explores Detroit's auto industry and the influence it had on the society."@en
  • "Discusses life under Prohibition from 1920 to 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. Covers various effects of prohibition on society and the rise of gangs. Explores Detroit's automobile industry and the influence it had on society."@en
  • "Using archival film and photographs and interviews with residents and scholars; this film examines the effect of prohibition on Detroit and the Detroit River area. Rumrunning, speakeasies, the Charleston, and bootlegging are covered. Starting with the temperence movement to the 18th amendment (1920) and its repeal in 1933, this film relates the views of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company in relation to prohibition and also chronicles the control of the bootleg market from the small-time operator to the Syndicates (the Purple Gang in Detroit) to the Sicilian Black Hands."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Television programs"@en

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  • "Demon rum"@en
  • "Demon rum"