This film from the 1960s is presented by the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to promote abstinence and educate on facts about alcohol and alcoholism. The film is a White Ribbon production, produced and written by Frederick S. Niemann, directed by Mitch Needleman, edited by Bob Com, and Photographed by R. Dienethal, with sound by D. Needleman. Official synopsis: Film produced by the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to advocate for the abstinence of alcohol and drugs. A narrator explains popular ideas about health and nutrition set against scenes of American life, and warns that alcoholic beverages have no place in “”the home where people hope to have health and happiness.””

Neon signs are flashing over a backdrop of an unconscious body (00:06). A man with injuries on his face is walking (00:09). Neon signs, newspaper headlines, and photos portray a party scene (00:14). Two police officers assist a highly intoxicated old man (00:22). More footage of neon signs and people drinking alcohol to portray a party scene (00:28). “The Choice Is Yours” title banner (00:42). Credentials (00:48). Young people talk about the role of alcohol in society and choosing to drink or not (01:10). A soldier compares the fight against alcohol to his fight as a soldier at war (01:34). Two soldiers on a field (01:39). Different advertisement for liquor while young people comment on them (01:46). Police officers are arresting someone (02:14). A man is lying unconscious on the ground (02:18). Two men drink from a flask (02:20). The five young people taking part in this film are consulting an expert about alcohol (02:31). Interviewer Dr. Hayes introduces Dr. Andrew Ivy (03:02). The expert explains what alcohol is and explains the chemical formula of c2H5oh (03:14). He lights the formula on fire (03:59). Dr. Hayes introduces an animated film about alcohol consumption (04:24). The animated film explains the alcohol’s passage from mouth, down the esophagus, to the stomach and the small intestines, where the capillaries absorb the alcohol and carry it to the portal vein, which carries the alcohol to the liver (04:34). One of the young people comment on the film (05:21). The animated film continues to explain the absorption of alcohol (05:32), the heart’s pumping of blood (05:39), and the process of alcohol being oxidized in the liver (06:08). One of the young people comment on the film (07:08). The film continues to explain the average adult’s liver’s capacity for oxidation of alcohol (07:23). It explains how some alcohol escapes the liver and is transported by the bloodstream to the brain (07:42). One of the young people comment on behavioral effects of alcohol (07:45). The film continues (07:51). The expert explains the effects of alcohol (08:06). A man is drinking in a bar (08:09). The expert continues to explain the effects of alcohol (08:27). The highly intoxicated man from the bar is having difficulty walking (08:48). He is lying in bed drinking water (09:00). The expert and Dr. Hayes explain the effects of a hangover (09:06). The man has arrived at his office (09:20). Dr. Hayes speaks about the costs of alcohol (09:27). One of the young people comments on it (09:36). The expert explains the statistics of alcohol consumption in the USA (09:44). Dr. Andrew Ivy in a laboratory explains the statistics of alcoholics according to the New York Medical Society (10:16). One of the young people asks about the statistics for abstainers (10:37). The expert and Dr. Hayes answer (10:42). One of the young people asks about the dangers of different types of alcohol (11:34). The expert explains the comparable dangers of different types of alcohol due to average drink sizes (11:46). He continues to explain the average costs of drinking alcohol (13:10). The expert and Dr. Hayes continue to speak about alcoholism’s cost to the nation (13:27) and the cost of crime attributed to drinking (14:02). Dr. Ivy speaks about alcohol addiction (14:16). Young people sitting on a field (14:30). Footage of men standing in a street (14:34), a crowd gathering (14:39), two police officer arresting a man (14:45. Altering scenes of Dr. Ivy explaining alcohol and alcoholism and scenes related to drunk people and crimes attributed to alcohol (15:54). The expert compliments the 5 young people for their sensibility concerning alcohol (17:01). Credits (17:20). “The End” (17:31).

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