ALCOHOL AND THE HUMAN BODY 1949 ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ANTI-ALCOHOL ABUSE SCARE FILM XD46614

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white 1949 educational short from Encyclopedia Britannica Films, directed by Warren P. Everote in collaboration with Anton J. Carlson, M.D., Scientific Director for the Research Council on Problems of Alcohol, offers a summary of effects and dangers of alcohol consumption for a post-war audience. The early “scare” film ultimately concludes that alcohol is a “potential menace to community safety” (13:43). Opening Titles: “Appreciation for this film print is acknowledged to: “Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Ontario, California. Alcohol,” the E.B. films logo, “Alcohol and the Human Body” (0:08). Ethyl Alcohol is poured from a beaker into a labeled chemist’s glass. Fields of wheat blowing in the wind (0:40). An illustration of a bottle of beer (1:10). Farmers toss bushels of grapes into the back of a pickup truck. An illustration of a bottle of wi