18th Amendment Repealed
11/9/1933
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The original release sheet for this Universal Newsreel segment reads:
18th AMENDMENT REPEALED: USA - Unprecedented celebrations and demonstrations mark the defeat of Prohibition as balloting in the thirty-sixth state assures the adoption of the twenty-first amendment, while in other parts of the land huge throngs of men and women work at top speed to meet the anticipated demand of thirsty millions.
This primary source comes from the Collection UN: MCA/Universal Pictures Collection.
Full Citation: UN-UN-5-196; 18th Amendment Repealed; 11/9/1933; Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library, 1929–1967; Collection UN: MCA/Universal Pictures Collection; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/18th-amendment-repealed, October 13, 2024]