Male Detective Showing off Smugglers Captured Guns, 1929. Prohibition in the USA. ...they [the alcohol smugglers] couldnt have been better equipped. Radios to keep contact between shipper and wholesaler...cars, trucks, even aeroplanes, and everything they could possibly need for "general salesmanship". Yes it always comes down to the old rules of supply and demand. If people wanted drink they got drink. From "Time to Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor" - Reel 3; a documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.