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"PROHIBITION" is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
"Prohibition" was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution paradoxically caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality (Source: PBS)
1x02 -- A Nation of Scofflaws
Part 2 of 3 examines the problems that the Volstead Act and prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced male-only saloons; adulterated liquor that poisons some drinkers; and civil-rights violations by overzealous federal agents anxious to make arrests. Despite the public's growing opposition to the ban, few politicians dare to speak against it due to the political might of the Anti-Saloon League.
Release Type: HDTV
Series: Prohibition
Episode: Part02
Title: A Nation of Scofflaws
Genre: Documentary
Production Code: 102
Orig. Air Date: 04 Oct 2011
Release Date: 04 Oct 2011
Source: 1080i HDTV
Video Format: XviD
Video Resolution: 624x352
Video Bitrate: 1274 kbps
Video Framerate: 23.976
Audio Format: MP3 VBR
Audio Bitrate: 137 kbps average
Audio Sample Rate: 48 KHz
Length: 1:49:52.092
Size: 1,173,158,312
Packs: 59*20MB = 1118MB
Link: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/
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