Narcotics file: the source

United States, 1974

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Deals with Thailand’s part in the “Golden Triangle” which originates about half the world’s illicit opium supply. Here a joint UN-Thai Government project is attempting to provide alternative cash crops for the hill tribes who earn what little money they have from the cultivation of the opium poppy.

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Credits

director

Pierre Desbonnet

production company

Journal Films

United Nations Television

Duration

00:27:10:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007442

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Crime

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Thailand - Social conditions

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug addiction

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Opium habit

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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