BANO Synanon

Year Published: 1970

Complete Record: 12/11/2014: BANO Synanon films combined on one reel. Films on reel are the following: 11720 - BANO: Synanon 1 Shot of man interviewed by male reporter. Man in glasses being interviewed. Garages in front of hillside. Shot of fire engine inside garage. Shot of tow truck with Synanon Transportation emblem towing white van. Synanon facility sign. Large building with bushes in foreground. Shot pans showing garages, tow truck, building facility. Private property sign. Road leading up hillside. Orange cones blocking a road that leads to Synanon facility. Shot of bearded man with glasses interviewed by female reporter in front of van parked on road with large building in background. Shot of female walking around asphalt with basketball hoops and facility buildings. MS of woman peering in the window of one of the buildings. Tracking POV shot approaches glass double doors of a facility building. Woman is interviewed inside a restaurant by a reporter. 11721 - BANO: Synanon 2 Woman with shaved head. Large crowd of women, all with shaved heads, with Synanon banner in background. Huge pile of hair on ground with blue comb in the middle of the pile. Various women with shaved heads. White women with shaved head gives an interview seated next to another woman with large group of women in background. 2 women smiling and rubbing each other's heads during interview. Woman speaking to African American man. Shot from above of large group of women dancing and cheering. Shot of 5 men and women in period costume standing before microphones on a lawn. Shot of group of men all wearing identical costume of overalls and denim shirts marching in place in column formation. Crowd in bleachers watching performance. Many couples in renaissance costume embracing. Man in pope costume with young boy dressed as page stand before group of couples in columns, also in costume, performing some type of ceremony. Man in pope hat with Synanon logo holding tall staff. Men and women participating in ceremony. 5 younger people in costume tosses flower petals on ground.Man and woman in costume. Shot of couples parading around lawn, ringed by spectators. Small groups carrying various banners parading around lawn. Large group of men and women in workout gear dancing/exercising. Children in hats watching performances. Group of people standing in a large crowd. Sign reads "Synanon Fat-A-Thon Weigh In". Shot from above of people being weighed in the back of a truck bed. Young woman being measured in truck bed. Table where 2 people take blood pressure readings with long line of people in background. Woman recording blood pressure stats on clipboard. Shots of men and women being weighed and measured. Man in overalls interviewed by male reporter. Shot of 5 men singing in a circle and playing brass instruments. Female reporter speaks to camera in front of Palace Food Market. Woman is interviewed by reporter inside a restaurant. Woman being interviewed seated next to man in a cowboy hat. Street in front of Palace Food Market. Shot of street in front of Station House Cafe. Shot of another young woman being interviewed in restaurant. 11722 - BANO: Synanon 3 (a) Man's hands. Sign reading "Neutral Conversation Only". Older man with glasses. Middle-aged man is interviewed by a reporter. Reel to reel recorder. Shot of man writing on chalkboard in front of group of men. Shot of man walking through group of men spinning something on his finger. Middle aged man in glasses is interviewed by reporter. Shot of man in blue jacket interviewed by a reporter. Shot of African American man being interviewed. 11723 - BANO: Synanon 3 (b) Shot of group of men in audience watching lecture. Reporter interviewing middle aged man in office. Middle aged man. Shot of the man's hands. Notes on leader slugs between sections: Synanon Marshall Outs 12.3.76 Synanon Haircut 2.27.75 Synanon wedding 5.30 8.24.75 Fatathon 5.50 20 May 76 Synanon /Howenstein 8A 1.6.79 Air 3.11.70 Synanon/Oak. Cops Newsfilm 2-27-75/ 8-24-75/5-20-76/12-3-78/1-6-79/Synanon/Eng Trans On hair 1/27/75 Synanon News film - Eng- Transfer