| 05:38:33 0 |
ECU HAND OPENING CASE HISTORIES FILE DRAWER,
PULLS OUT FILE FOLDER |
| 05:38:54 21.83 |
CU MAN WRINGING HIS HANDS NERVOUSLY, TALKING TO
ALCOHOL COUNSELLOR. CLICHE: "I'M AT THE END OF MY ROPE DOCTOR" |
| 05:40:45 132.83 |
SLOPPY, DISHEVELED ALCOHOLIC FATHER LOOKING OVER
SON'S SHOULDER AT PICTURE HE'S DRAWING. FATHER TRIES TO GRAB SON'S PENCIL, ANGRY SON GRABS PENCIL & ANGRILY DRAWS OVER HIS PICTURE. ANGRY SON ACTING OUT. |
| 05:41:01 148.83 |
OLDER, SAME BOY IN SCHOOL, TEACHER LOOKS OVER
HIS SHOULDER, BOY GETS APPREHENSIVE, DISTRUST OF AUTHORITY. SON OF ALCOHOLIC. |
| 05:41:11 158.83 |
TEENAGERS, TEEN BOYS EXPERIMENTING WITH ALCOHOL.
TEEN FILLS GLASS WITH ALCOHOL, DRINKS, SHUDDERS FROM STRENGTH |
| 05:41:25 172.83 |
SAME BOY, NOW A MARRIED MAN, AT A COCKTAIL PARTY
VERY SOCIAL FROM ALCOHOL. LIFE-OF-THE-PARTY. 1950s HOUSEWIFE SERVING HORS D'OEUVRES AT COCKTAIL PARTY. MAN AT PARTY FILLS UP SHOT GLASS WITH LIQUOR, POURS INTO HIGHBALL GLASS, LOOKS AROUND, TAKES A SHOT, DRINKS SHOT OF LIQUOR |
| 05:42:04 211.83 |
ALCOHOLIC, STILL IN BED, TAKES A BOTTLE FROM
UNDERNEATH THE BED, DRINKING A MORNING DRINK. WIFE ENTERS THE BEDROOM, TAKES THE BOTTLE OF LIQUOR FROM HIM, MAKES HIM DRINK A GLASS OF WATER. WIFE CALLS HIS OFFICE. ALCOHOLIC GRABS HIS HEAD, HANGOVER. MISSING WORK |
| 05:42:28 235.83 |
TWO 1950s COUPLES PLAYING CARDS, CARD GAME.
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| 05:42:33 240.83 |
LAUGHING HAPPY DRINKERS AT LOCAL BAR. GETTING
DRUNK |
| 05:42:38 245.83 |
ECU DRUNK ALCOHOLIC DRINKING MORE
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| 05:42:46 253.83 |
ALCOHOLIC AT COUNSELLOR TELLING HIS STORY OF
ALCOHOL ABUSE, HIS WIFE LEAVING HIM, HIS LIFE FALLING APART |
| 05:43:18 285.83 |
1950s CAR PULLS INTO SUBURBAN DRIVEWAY, HOUSES
CLOSE TOGETHER, DRIVER, BUSINESSMAN GETS OUT, GOES INTO HIS HOUSE, TAKES OFF HAT, HANGS UP OVERCOAT IN CLOSET, BECOMES ANGRY WITH HIS APRON CLAD WIFE BECAUSE FOOD, DINNER IS NOT READY. |
| 05:44:31 358.83 |
CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN TYPING LATE AT NIGHT,
WIFE IN BATHROBE COMES DOWN THE STAIRS, TRIES TO GET HIM TO COME TO BED, HE YELLS AT HER. CLICHE "LEAVE ME ALONE, GO ON TO BED". HE TELLS HER TO WAIT, LOCKS THE LIQUOR CABINET, GIVES HER THE KEY TO AVOID TEMPTATION. GOES BACK TO TYPING |
| 05:45:21 408.83 |
NEXT DAY, AT WORK, HE SHAKES HANDS WITH CO-WORKER
PROMOTED TO COMPANY PRESIDENT. CO-WORKER WANTS TO GO FOR CELEBRATORY DRINK, HE DECLINES, CO-WORKER TALKS HIM INTO GOING FOR A DRINK. PEER PRESSURE |
| 05:46:01 448.83 |
BUSINESSMEN HAVING AN AFTER WORK DRINK. ONE LEADS
TO ANOTHER. "ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD" |
| 05:46:53 500.83 |
TWO MEN LEAVE BAR, SAY GOODBYE ON THE STREET,
ALCOHOLIC TURNS BACK, GOES BACK FOR MORE ALCOHOL |
| 05:47:18 525.83 |
SUPERIMPOSED ALCOHOLIC SEQUENCE: ALCOHOL, HAPPY
DRUNKS, BOTTLES OF LIQUOR, FILLING GLASS WITH BOOZE, GETTING DRUNK. PAN BOTTLES ON SHELF. DRUNK TURNS ANGRY, THEN SLEEPY. CU DRUNK TRYING TO KEEP HIS EYES OPEN. |
| 05:48:14 581.83 |
CU DRIPPING FAUCET, WATER DRIPPING FROM FAUCET.
EMPTY LIQUOR BOTTLE ON SINK. PAN SLOPPY MESSY BEDROOM, DRUNK WITH HANGOVER GETS OUT OF BED, GRABS BOTTLE OF LIQUOR, DRINKS FROM THE BOTTLE, MORNING DRINK. TAKES WALLET FROM JACKET, LOOKS INSIDE, EMPTY WALLET. |
| 05:49:15 642.83 |
UNSHAVEN MAN WITH A HANGOVER WALKS OUTSIDE, LIGHT
HURTS HIS EYES, LOOKS AT THE DATE ON NEWSPAPER TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME HE LOST. WALKS DOWN URBAN SIDEWALK. STOPS, LOOKS OVER AT BAR CALLED TEN PIN TAP. LOOKS INTO STORE WINDOW, BASEBALL MITT FOR HIS SON, PULLS OUT MONEY, LOOKS BACK AT THE BAR, WRESTLES WITH HIS CONSCIENCE, GOES IN TO BUY SON BASEBALL MITT |
| 05:50:23 710.83 |
ALCOHOLIC GOES INTO HIS HOUSE, SHOUTING OUT
WIFE'S NAME, IN BEDROOM, WIFE LEFT A NOTE ON THE BED, READS NOTE, BREAKS DOWN CRYING. WIFE LEFT HIM |
| 05:51:23 770.83 |
ALCOHOLIC TALKING TO HIS DOCTOR ABOUT HIS PROBLEM
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| 05:52:30 837.83 |
INTERIOR MACHINE SHOP, MACHINISTS WORKING
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| 05:52:44 851.83 |
SOLITARY DRINKER, ALONE AT HOME DRINKING BY
HIMSELF. LANDLADY KNOCKS ON HIS DOOR, PHONE CALL, HE IGNORES HER. KEEPS ON DRINKING |
| 05:53:23 890.83 |
BLUE-COLLAR WORKER ARRIVES AT WORK, STAMPS HIS
TIME CARD, PASSES ANTI-ALCOHOLISM POSTER. |
| 05:53:34 901.83 |
AA MEETING. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETING.
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| 05:54:15 942.83 |
FEMALE ALCOHOLIC GETTING DRUNK, PLAYING CARDS,
SOLITAIRE. DRINKING A LITTLE ALL DAY. HEARS HUSBAND AT THE DOOR, HIDES BOTTLE & GLASS BEHIND THE SOFA. HUSBAND KISSES WIFE, SHE FAINS A HEADACHE, HUSBAND TRIES TO HELP WIFE BY MAKING APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR FOR HER "HEADACHES". OVER-PROTECTIVE HUSBAND |
| 05:55:15 1002.83 |
ALCOHOLIC AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE. DOCTOR HELPING
PATIENT |
| 05:56:55 1102.83 |
CU MONTAGE DOCTOR'S FORMS, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION,
PSYCHIATRIC STUDY, HISTORY OF DRINKING HABITS, SOCIAL HISTORY |
| 05:57:04 1111.83 |
DOCTOR LISTENING TO ALCOHOLIC'S WIFE, BOSS,
ALCOHOLIC |
| 05:57:23 1130.83 |
ALCOHOLICS IN GROUP THERAPY, DISCUSSING DRINKING
PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ALCOHOLICS |
| 05:58:18 1185.83 |
1950s CAR PULLS INTO DRIVEWAY, MAN COMING HOME
FROM WORK, SON ON LAWN WITH BASEBALL & MITT SAYS HI YA DAD, THROWS FATHER BASEBALL, FATHER THROWS IT BACK. APRON CLAD HOUSEWIFE, MOTHER WATCHES FROM PORCH. ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY NOW THAT HUSBAND, FATHER IS SOBER. HAPPY ENDINGS |
| 05:58:44 1211.83 |
DOCTOR ADDRESSES VIEWER, TALKS TO CAMERA
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| 05:59:21 1248 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1952
Color: Black & White
Genre: ALCOHOL & DRUGS
Specialty CollectionGenre: ALCOHOL & DRUGS
Description: PRESENTS A CASE HISTORY OF AN ALCOHOLIC AS HE UNDERGOES TREATMENT, WITH FLASHBACKS TO HIS PREVIOUS LIFE. THE DOCTOR'S INFLUENCE ON THE ALCOHOLIC'S ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS PROBLEM IS SHOWN AND THE WORK OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS REFERRED TO BRIEFLY. ALCOHOLISM. SOCIAL DRINKER. SOLITARY DRINKER.
