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Historic Alcohol Abuse and Effects of Alcoholism Film Collection
on DVD
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For as long as there
has been alcohol, there have been people who drank too much - with
all the attendant problems this can cause - violence, drunk driving,
personal injury and death. This collection of films shows the steps
various film makers were taking to educatte the public about the
dangers of drinking too much. The major focus of the films is teenage
alcoholism and showing teenagers how such a bad habit can ruin their
lives.
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Here are the contents
of each of the films in the alcohol abuse history film collection:
Alcohol and the Human Body (1949)
  
This landmark film shows the course alcohol takes through
your body, its effects on the brain and shows how even problem
drinkers can be treated for their alcohol problems.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 12:06
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Alcohol Trigger Films for Junior High: The Party, The Mother,
The Bride (1979)
  
This is a collection of three short open ended situational
film created to stimulate discussion of alcohol in educatinoal
settings. It includes three clips people can relate to - a
party while the parents are away, an intoxicated mother and
teen drunk driving.
Producer: Nowak (Amram) Associates
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 8:57
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The Bottle and the Throttle
  
This is the story of a teen boy - Bill - who decides to drink
and drive - with disastrous consequences. He hits and kills
a girl and her mother. And then it shows the consequences
he suffers from this event.
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Run time: 10:21
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Few Too Many
  
The film demonstrates what happens when you drink and drive
- highlighting how different levels of alcohol in the blood
can impair a person differently (i.e. more alcohol = less
control.) The film is told in a first person narrative by
someone who had his life destroyed by his drinking.
Audio/Visual: sound, color
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Measure of a Man (1962)
  
This film examines a variety of situations a teen may find
himself or herself in and teaches how to say no to the offer
of alcohol.
Producer: Brigham Young University
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 22:02
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None for the Road: Teenage Drinking and Driving (1957)
  
This film highlights the effects of drinking and driving.
It shows the effects of alcohol on rats to show the damage
of differing amounts of alcohol and shows a story of teenagers
who die when drinking and driving because of the same adverse
effects to coordination as shown by the rats.
Producer: Centron Corporation
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 14:03
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That Boy Joe (1944)
  
A discussion of juvenile delinquency and alcoholism during
the war and steps that can be taken to counter it.
Producer: Chicago Film Laboratory
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 17:27
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What About Drinking? (1954)
  
A frank, open ended discussion of teenagers and alcohol.
The film was designed to stimulate discussions of alcohol
in a classroom setting.
Producer: Centron Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 10:25
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Where Does It Get You? (1946)
  
This film shows the long term downfall of the path of alcoholism
- impaired judgement, poor reflexes and a loss of the qualities
that make a successful person and a quality life.
Producer: Century Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 15:45
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