This classic 2 DVD set contains a variety of anti-drug films that were made to show America's youth the dangers of using drugs. In some ways the films are quite explicit in their showing of drug preparation and use. In other ways, they are quite simplistic in their teachings - reflecting the simpler times and more clear cut moral values of the time.
This classic 2 DVD set contains a variety of anti-drug films that were made to show America's youth the dangers of using drugs. In some ways the films are quite explicit in their showing of drug preparation and use. In other ways, they are quite simplistic in their teachings - reflecting the simpler times and more clear cut moral values of the time.
Here are all the films that make up this historical collection:
Contents of DVD 1
Subject: Narcotics (1951)
This police orientation film shows drug addiction as both a crime and a social problem. It shows dramatized scenes of addicts getting their fix and how they can cause irreparable damage to inner city neighborhoods. Producer: Sanders (Dennis and Terry) |
Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb (1969)
This film explores the damage that drugs can cause young people and shows that drugs are not a way to bring about change to make the world better. Producer: Film Distributors International |
Drug Addiction (1951)
Explore the tale of good boy Marty as he experiments with drugs - first with more mild drugs like marijuana and then with stronger drugs like heroin. Follow his descent into darkness and despair as his life becomes destroyed and he gets jailed. But all is not lost because the system does work in the end as he is rehabbed, reformed and broken of this evil addiction. Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. |
Terrible Truth, The (1951)
Producer: Sid Davis Productions |
Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967)
This film tells the all too often seen story of a boy from a good home getting on the road to destruction one step at a time by starting to use drugs recreationally until the demon on his back become too strong and eventually destroyed his life. Producer: Marshall (Mel) |
Social Seminar: Changing (1971)
This film follows a young family and its attempts to adjust to a world that is rapidly changing its social mores. It examines lifestyle and drugs against this backdrop of seemingly rapid change in what was always viewed as traditional values. Producer: University of California, Los Angeles, Extension Media Center |
Social Seminar: Bunny (1971)
This film follows the life of a college student who is an occasional social marijuana user. It explores her views of her life, drugs and their effect on her life and future. Producer: University of California, Los Angeles, Extension Media Center |
Contents of DVD 2
Reefer Madness (1938)
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