A moral guidance docudrama delivering a strong message about the evils of alcohol. A teenager fails a sobriety test after the police pull him over for erratic driving. He avoids arrest when the police decide to release him into the care of his physician father. Concerned by his son’s behaviour, the father organises a weekend in the country to impart his views about the dangers of alcohol. Throughout the weekend, dad discusses how alcoholic beverages are made, advertised and sold and their damaging effect on mind and body. Despite its intention, the film’s moral tone and wholesome setting would force most teenagers to resort to alcohol.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323917
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Ephemeral films
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Drunk driving
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Drunk driving
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenagers
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcohol
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcohol - Juvenile 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 → Drunk driving
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenagers
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)