PeriscopeFilm | " HELL FLOWER " 1950s ANTI-DRUG, NARCOTICS ABUSE, ADDICTION EDUCATION FILM (PART 1) XD40135a @PeriscopeFilm | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
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“Hell Flower” is a black-and-white PSA-style documentary film discussing narcotics addiction, primarily heroin use, in the United States, especially big cities like New York City and Los Angeles. Hosted and narrated by Emmy Award-winning television journalist and commentator, Bill Stout, this film features a compilation of interviews and scenes taken from the field of those in proximity to the issue from police officers to prison doctors as well as imprisoned addicts. Sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation and likely dating to the late 1950s, this film, which has been split into two parts, offers the viewer an intimate view into the addiction epidemic and discourses around treatment and punishment in the United States at the time.
Addict tosses and turns tormented on bed going through withdrawal symptoms (0:11). Images of opium poppies overlaid footage of man in bed, transitions into title page, opening credits (0:31). Bill Stout speaks to camera, discusses narcotics addiction in USA (1:00). Montage police crackdowns, busts of addicts in their homes, officers check men’s arms for track / needle marks (1:42). Stout speaking about history of drug usage (2:42). Alcohol: Bartender shakes cocktail shaker, shots of various patrons at bar sipping on whiskey, cocktails (2:59) Return to Bill Stout speaking to camera, profile/ characteristics of addict, link to crime, why heroin is appealing (3:44). “World of the addict:” View from car window driving down street in Harlem, groups of men loiter on stoops/ entryways to apartment buildings, various shots of Harlem from townhouses to young men graffitiing walls (4:59). Chicago’s South Side, view from car window down city street of men loitering on corners, police officers patrolling neighborhood (5:19). Downtown/ Central L.A., Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department on drive through Central L.A., use of narcotic informants and undercover agents; Drug bust of Heroin “pusher,” 1955 Chevrolet drives past patrol vehicle, 1956 Ford Station Wagon (5:45-9:25). Police procedure, fingerprinting, interrogation; Detective Sergeant Ted Lundqvist sits down with suspect in interrogation room (9:27-13:23). Profiles of different female heroin addicts in jail: Exterior shot of Lincoln Heights Jail; Young mother describes her experience and journey to using hard drugs; 30-year-old prostitute describes her experience (13:25). Sheriff’s Captain Ruth Johns, who runs women’s section of Los Angeles County Jail, from inside jail; Discuss addicts as prisoners (15:47). Door opens leading into Los Angeles County Jail, 3300 men cramped into holding area, shower area standing shoulder to shoulder (17:15). Jail hospital: Dr. Marcus E. Crahan, medical director of Los Angeles County Jail, Bill Stout interviews Dr. Crahan in office about odds of addicts leaving jail and staying clean, medical impact of drug abuse (18:08). Repeat offenders transferred from sheriff's department to state prison “California Institution for men at Chino,” bus enters gated complex and prisoners are ushered off bus into prison (20:18). Stout conducts interviews with inmates in outdoor courtyard, investigates why addicts struggle to stay clean outside structured environment (20:41-25:25). Parole officer Edward Swaska knocks on door of small single-family home that looks a bit run down; Interior of house lots of young children crowded in one room; Parole officer examines parolee for fresh track marks, dilated pupils (25:29). Bill Stout speaks to camera about new drug “Naloxone” (26:28). California Governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (served 1959-1967), opinion on demands for stricter drug-related penalties (27:02). Stout talks to camera, demands for death penalty vs. call for more lenient punishment (28:18).Stout interviews UCLA Sociologist Dr. Walter Bayley “punitive and criminal approach is a failure,” exterior of UCLA Royce Hall (28:37). End (28:54).
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“Hell Flower” is a black-and-white PSA-style documentary film discussing narcotics addiction, primarily heroin use, in the United States, especially big cities like New York City and Los Angeles. Hosted and narrated by Emmy Award-winning television journalist and commentator, Bill Stout, this film features a compilation of interviews and scenes taken from the field of those in proximity to the issue from police officers to prison doctors as well as imprisoned addicts. Sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation and likely dating to the late 1950s, this film, which has been split into two parts, offers the viewer an intimate view into the addiction epidemic and discourses around treatment and punishment in the United States at the time.
Addict tosses and turns tormented on bed going through withdrawal symptoms (0:11). Images of opium poppies overlaid footage of man in bed, transitions into title page, opening credits (0:31). Bill Stout speaks to camera, discusses narcotics addiction in USA (1:00). Montage police crackdowns, busts of addicts in their homes, officers check men’s arms for track / needle marks (1:42). Stout speaking about history of drug usage (2:42). Alcohol: Bartender shakes cocktail shaker, shots of various patrons at bar sipping on whiskey, cocktails (2:59) Return to Bill Stout speaking to camera, profile/ characteristics of addict, link to crime, why heroin is appealing (3:44). “World of the addict:” View from car window driving down street in Harlem, groups of men loiter on stoops/ entryways to apartment buildings, various shots of Harlem from townhouses to young men graffitiing walls (4:59). Chicago’s South Side, view from car window down city street of men loitering on corners, police officers patrolling neighborhood (5:19). Downtown/ Central L.A., Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department on drive through Central L.A., use of narcotic informants and undercover agents; Drug bust of Heroin “pusher,” 1955 Chevrolet drives past patrol vehicle, 1956 Ford Station Wagon (5:45-9:25). Police procedure, fingerprinting, interrogation; Detective Sergeant Ted Lundqvist sits down with suspect in interrogation room (9:27-13:23). Profiles of different female heroin addicts in jail: Exterior shot of Lincoln Heights Jail; Young mother describes her experience and journey to using hard drugs; 30-year-old prostitute describes her experience (13:25). Sheriff’s Captain Ruth Johns, who runs women’s section of Los Angeles County Jail, from inside jail; Discuss addicts as prisoners (15:47). Door opens leading into Los Angeles County Jail, 3300 men cramped into holding area, shower area standing shoulder to shoulder (17:15). Jail hospital: Dr. Marcus E. Crahan, medical director of Los Angeles County Jail, Bill Stout interviews Dr. Crahan in office about odds of addicts leaving jail and staying clean, medical impact of drug abuse (18:08). Repeat offenders transferred from sheriff's department to state prison “California Institution for men at Chino,” bus enters gated complex and prisoners are ushered off bus into prison (20:18). Stout conducts interviews with inmates in outdoor courtyard, investigates why addicts struggle to stay clean outside structured environment (20:41-25:25). Parole officer Edward Swaska knocks on door of small single-family home that looks a bit run down; Interior of house lots of young children crowded in one room; Parole officer examines parolee for fresh track marks, dilated pupils (25:29). Bill Stout speaks to camera about new drug “Naloxone” (26:28). California Governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (served 1959-1967), opinion on demands for stricter drug-related penalties (27:02). Stout talks to camera, demands for death penalty vs. call for more lenient punishment (28:18).Stout interviews UCLA Sociologist Dr. Walter Bayley “punitive and criminal approach is a failure,” exterior of UCLA Royce Hall (28:37). End (28:54).
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This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
