Referring to the many varied opinions about alcohol, the film sets out to deal only with facts. The distribution and fate of the drug in the body is shown, and its anaesthetic properties affecting reasoning, inhibitions, memory, the special senses and muscular co-ordination described.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322925
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcohol - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcohol in the body
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcoholics Anonymous
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcoholism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcoholism - Treatment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Alcohol
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)