ALCOHOL IS DYNAMITE

Year Published: 1967)

Format: 16mm

Description: This revised version of "Alcohol is Dynamite" (1967) is a color, PSA-style film from Coronet Instructional Films that warns against underage drinking. The film is a remake of a black-and-white 1958 Sid Davis Production educational scare film by the same name. The film follows a group of young men who experiment with drinking for the first time. This "experiment" gets out of hand when they put themselves and others at risk and get involved in a deadly car accident. This film features scenes of mid-century modern architecture and commercial signage as well as scenes from residential areas of what seems to be a southern California town. Young man (Paul) walks around perimeter of brick school building holding guitar case (0:10). Paul pauses and takes a swig from hooch that he had in his coat pocket (0:17). Another young man (Jim) drives perhaps Ford 1960s model light blue convertible, pulls into school parking lot (0:25). Paul coerces other boys to take sip from the liquor he had in his coat (0:42). Paul passed out on steps, guitar case near by, empty bottle by his outstretched hand (1:18). Animation of human brain explains alcohol’s effect on the frontal lobe (1:34). Jim sits beside Paul and shakes the empty bottle, camera pans the three boys in various states of drunkenness (2:02). Camera pans gravestones at cemetery (2:47). The three young men sit at outdoor picnic table at diner, Paul spikes drinks with vodka (2:59). Jim’s convertible speeds along road and trails past stop sign on palm-tree lined road (3:17). Jim pulled over by cops driving perhaps AMC Matador police cruiser on commercial street, store fronts with flashy signs to appeal to drivers (3:19). Officers find empty vodka bottle in the car and arrest Jim (3:40). Jim and his father walk out of the police station (3:44). Tip walks out of locker room and meets Paul and Jim on grass sports fields of the high school (4:00). Blue convertible pulls into parking lot of mid-century style building (4:13). Camera peers through leaves of palm tree, Paul, Tip, Jim get out of car with some young women (4:21). Group sits and drinks sodas in bar, Jim spikes drinks (4:34). Repeated shot of one of the young women in green Mod-style dress knocking back her glass (5:02). Group returns to the car, girl in green dress passes out in front seat (5:46). Perspective of driver: hazy vision, car parked on residential road blurred (6:17). Jim drives sporadically in residential area, narrowly misses vehicle, crashes into brick wall (6:29). Crash site: Police and first responders stand around the crashed vehicle, perhaps 1967 Pontiac Superior ambulance parked to the side (6:40). Body loaded into ambulance (6:53). Jim arrested at the scene (7:00). Police officer performs breathalyzer test on Jim at the station (7:11). Close-up of breathalyzer machine dial moving (7:17). Jim sits somberly in jail cell (7:24). Paul stands with guitar case with man in suit who is reviewing a notebook of his (7:36). Group of middle-aged men loiter on skid row, on a corner outside of bar on a busy street with signs for loans, parking lots (7:51). Portrait of Tip overlaid footage from scene of accident (7:56). Man in mid-20s stands in front of shop -- a glimpse of Tip in the future (8:08).PeriscopeFilm 702K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon

Complete Record: This revised version of "Alcohol is Dynamite" (1967) is a color, PSA-style film from Coronet Instructional Films that warns against underage drinking. The film is a remake of a black-and-white 1958 Sid Davis Production educational scare film by the same name. The film follows a group of young men who experiment with drinking for the first time. This "experiment" gets out of hand when they put themselves and others at risk and get involved in a deadly car accident. This film features scenes of mid-century modern architecture and commercial signage as well as scenes from residential areas of what seems to be a southern California town. Young man (Paul) walks around perimeter of brick school building holding guitar case (0:10). Paul pauses and takes a swig from hooch that he had in his coat pocket (0:17). Another young man (Jim) drives perhaps Ford 1960s model light blue convertible, pulls into school parking lot (0:25). Paul coerces other boys to take sip from the liquor he had in his coat (0:42). Paul passed out on steps, guitar case near by, empty bottle by his outstretched hand (1:18). Animation of human brain explains alcohol’s effect on the frontal lobe (1:34). Jim sits beside Paul and shakes the empty bottle, camera pans the three boys in various states of drunkenness (2:02). Camera pans gravestones at cemetery (2:47). The three young men sit at outdoor picnic table at diner, Paul spikes drinks with vodka (2:59). Jim’s convertible speeds along road and trails past stop sign on palm-tree lined road (3:17). Jim pulled over by cops driving perhaps AMC Matador police cruiser on commercial street, store fronts with flashy signs to appeal to drivers (3:19). Officers find empty vodka bottle in the car and arrest Jim (3:40). Jim and his father walk out of the police station (3:44). Tip walks out of locker room and meets Paul and Jim on grass sports fields of the high school (4:00). Blue convertible pulls into parking lot of mid-century style building (4:13). Camera peers through leaves of palm tree, Paul, Tip, Jim get out of car with some young women (4:21). Group sits and drinks sodas in bar, Jim spikes drinks (4:34). Repeated shot of one of the young women in green Mod-style dress knocking back her glass (5:02). Group returns to the car, girl in green dress passes out in front seat (5:46). Perspective of driver: hazy vision, car parked on residential road blurred (6:17). Jim drives sporadically in residential area, narrowly misses vehicle, crashes into brick wall (6:29). Crash site: Police and first responders stand around the crashed vehicle, perhaps 1967 Pontiac Superior ambulance parked to the side (6:40). Body loaded into ambulance (6:53). Jim arrested at the scene (7:00). Police officer performs breathalyzer test on Jim at the station (7:11). Close-up of breathalyzer machine dial moving (7:17). Jim sits somberly in jail cell (7:24). Paul stands with guitar case with man in suit who is reviewing a notebook of his (7:36). Group of middle-aged men loiter on skid row, on a corner outside of bar on a busy street with signs for loans, parking lots (7:51). Portrait of Tip overlaid footage from scene of accident (7:56). Man in mid-20s stands in front of shop -- a glimpse of Tip in the future (8:08).PeriscopeFilm 702K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon

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[Music] I guess you could say Paul started it all, but it wasn't all his fault, actually. You see, he was just too good a musician for his age. He played in dance bands with older fellas, and they taught him things he'd be better off not knowing. Jim had the richest father in town. And Tip, well, Tip was captain of the basketball team. All state the year before. They saw something funny in the way their friend Paul was acting as soon as he joined them. According to Paul, it's no fun drinking alone. He wants company. The other boys have never tasted liquor before, so they have to be dared into it. That first drink isn't very enjoyable. I can tell you. It burns your insides and it makes your eyes water. Tip refused the drink. He said he was in training and basketball meant too much to him. But that isn't good enough for his friends. He has to be a sport. You'd be surprised at how little it takes to get you tight that first time. That's true with adults. But at high school age, even though your mind seems mature, your body isn't, and alcohol is a violent narcotic. [Music] [Applause] Ever wonder what alcohol does to the human body aside from making the owner of it act like this? Well, let's take Paul as an example since he started all this. Anyway, anthropologists say that what distinguishes man from the lower animals is a power found in the portion of the brain called the frontal loes. Well, when a drop of alcohol gets in the blood, that's right where it heads for the frontal loes. Almost as if its aim in life was to transform man back into an animal. To take away the reasoning powers and self-controls, or to use a highbrow word, inhibitions that make that human society possible? What would happen if the bottle weren't empty? If the boys could go on drinking? Well, alcohol doesn't stop after knocking out the frontal loes. It starts in on the whole nervous system and eventually affects every function of the body. How much alcohol does this take? Well, suppose there are three or four drops of alcohol for every thousand drops of blood. Then the drinker looks like this, only half conscious, hardly able to stagger, hard to breathe. If he keeps on drinking and the concentration reaches four to five drops, he ends up like this. And that's fortunate in the way because if he was able to lift his hand for another drink, the undertaker would have another customer. You see, all it takes is five drops of alcohol for every thousand drops of blood. A half of 1%. And brother, you're a dead duck. Jim's date Judy had never tasted liquor before, but like dope addicts, one drinker can't stand the sight of somebody not drinking. And soon Judy catches the spirit of the thing. What happened to the three boys after the accident? Paul was almost a complete alcoholic for a while, but then he became one of the youngest members of Alcoholics Anonymous, and now he has a chance to save himself. Jim never got over that accident. When he got out of jail, he went back to drinking and ended up on Skid Row, a hopeless derelict. Tip, the third boy, realized at the scene of the accident that he was playing in the wrong league. Right then, he made a vow never to touch a drop of liquor again, and he hasn't. How do I know? Because Tip is my son.

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