Beyond LSD – This is a 1960’s era color film for concerned adults and teenagers and the abuse of LSD and other drugs. The film serves as a public service announcement on the dangers of using LSD and other drugs. It features music by the Stayns. Songs, Just Follow Me and What are Parents For. Camera, John Morrill. Editor, Walter Soul. Screenplay by Hilda Bohem. From an original idea by Fran Burnford. Produced and directed by Paul Burnford. Distributed by Film Associates. The film opens with an ambulance screaming down the road, :22. A boy is having a bad trip in the back of the ambulance, :36. A man lies unconscious on the ground, 1:00. A woman drives in the rain, 1:19. There is a major car accident, 1:25. People dancing in a club, 1:45. A band plays and people dancing, 2:00. The band plays, 2:18. What we are watching is a film. The film stops and a man stops to talk to the group, 2:55. The man speaks with parents about LSD use, 3:24. The film rolls again, 3:45. Dead girl on the ground, covered in a blanket, 3:56. Dead soldier on the ground, 4:15. Band plays, 4:49. Boy in an ambulance on a bad trip, 5:10. Boys making music, 5:50. Baby takes a bottle, 6:06. LSD. Man continues the fil for the parents, 6:40. Kids sit in the bedroom and father comes in, 7:15. Woman on the telephone, 7:49. Schoolteacher talks to students, 8:10. Parents at the breakfast table, 8:41. Mother and young girl argue, 9:27. Woman ironing, 9:51. Mother inspects her sons arms while he sleeps, 10:17. Father yells at Doctor out of frustration, 10:35. Parents talk to Doctor, 11:10. Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider speaks to the camera, 12:00. Boy and girl walk through the trees, 13:55. City scenes, 14:39. Kids listen to an adult around a table, 15:44. Pills sit in front of bottles, 16:05. Family sits on the stairs, 16:28. Group sits around discussing drugs, 17:08. LSD Birth defect evidence, 17:20. Headlines, 17:50. LSD. Let’s simmer down. Kids ride a motorcycle, 18:25. Man shuts off the projector, 18.50. Parents talk about drug use in group. Man leads the group, 19:35. Girl does homework, 20:55. Girl and mom talk about LSD. Kids creating sculpture and engaging in other activities, 21:45. Kids play music, 22:03. Kids walk through the trees, 22:35.
Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as acid, is a hallucinogenic drug. Effects typically include altered thoughts, feelings, and awareness of one’s surroundings. Many users see or hear things that do not exist. Dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, and increased body temperature are typical.
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