USARV DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM - "PROJECT ON BOARD"

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 34468 / Local Identifier 111-LC-57048 USARV DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM - "PROJECT ON BOARD" Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Summary: ELS, 2 1/2 ton truck traveling on highway. LS, Red Cross bus approaching C-141 aircraft. CU, bus backs up to rear ramp of C-141. CU, sign: 616TH MILT SPT SQ TAN SON NHUT AB." CU, Military Airlift Command insignia on aircraft. CU, driver and soldier passenger in cab of truck traveling on highway. CU, passenger signals woman on road by holding up five fingers for 50 vials of heroin. CUs, soldier takes empty coke can from glove compartment of truck and stuffs money into can. CU, drugs hidden among sandbags in rear of truck. MS, group discussion on drug addiction in Rehabilitation Center at Long Binh. CU, over shoulder shot. Patient telling reason he uses drugs. ECU, mouth of patient as he talks. CU, beads and cross worn by patient. LS, jeep approaching drug treatment center in Long Binh. MS, MP and addict enter gate fence to drug treatment center. CU, MP guard locking gate. ECU, lock on gate. MS, patient dressed in pajamas, comes out of Military Police station. MP directs him to medical treatment center building. MS, back of patient as he walks to medical building. CU, patient enters building. MS, patients bathing outside treatment center. MS, back of patient sitting outside and reading a book. LS, patients playing baseball. MS, sign: "Rehabilitation Center 3rd Sup 1st Cav Div AM serving greater Bien Hoa area". MS, patients relaxing outside listening to fellow patient play guitar. LS, patients playing basketball. CUs, psychedelic signs and paintings on walls in patients wards. NOTE: Individuals portrayed in film are simulated drug users or prior users. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.