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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Presented by Voices in Society and Travelers Insurance Indemnity, this untitled PSA-style film from the 1970s is a compilation of various anti-drug use PSAs from National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information (NCADI). The films were assembled by a film collector who did public screenings of cult films; he often showed this compilation under the moniker “Stoner's Night Out“. NCADI is the information service for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The PSAs that comprise this film combine footage of drug use as well as interviews. Overall, this film warns of the short-term and long-term effects of drug use with the later segments of the film focusing on marijuana use specifically. Young man walks solemnly along a forested road, voice-over begins discussing drug use like dropping acid / LSD (0:12). Montage of various interviewees speaking to the camera about where they believe the motivations for drug use come from and how to quell the behavior (1:03). Scene recreating an intervention between parents and their teenage son about drug usage (1:35). Man speaks to the camera about the last time he dropped acid (2:21). Scenes from outside a prison wall in Europe, imprisonment of Americans for drug use abroad like a girl in Rome and a young man in Spain (2:32). An American man speaks in an interview from Tehran, Iran about dope in the country (3:29). Anonymous interview of an American in prison abroad on drug charges (3:45). Two women interviewed in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece (4:31). Police officer from the NYPD as denoted by the badge on his hat speaks to the camera (4:53). Segment about marijuana and its effects on the body and mind (5:29). Segment about psychedelic drugs, specifically LSD and its effects on the body and mind (6:53). Montage of various teenage-aged interviewees (7:48). Interviews in New York City’s Times Square (8:56). Comparison between cigarette and marijuana usage - debunking various arguments about how marijuana could be safer than tobacco (9:30-11:54). United States Air Force Jet (11:17). Gillig Phantom Yellow School Bus (11:22). Weed dependence and addiction (11:59). Exterior of the United Nations (UN) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, United States (12:16). Message from the World Health Organization of the UN about marijuana usage overlaid background photo of the United Nations General Assembly (12:27). Images of different drugs like acid, narcotics, and heroin (12:57). Drug addict shoots up (13:09). Psychiatric effects of drug usage - scenes from a narcotics rehabilitation center (13:24). Burning map of the United States (14:01). Montage of teens looking at the camera saying “Who me?” - one teen stands in front of the Capitol Building in Washington DC (14:21). Interviewees explaining why they choose to use drugs (15:16). Scenes of iceberg dotted waters of the North Atlantic Ocean - underlying reasons for smoking pot (16:41). Teens saying they choose not to smoke - one stands in front of Staten Island Ferry and New York City skyline (17:22). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
