"A MOVABLE SCENE" 1970s DRUG USE & ABUSE FILM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH CC1006

Narrated by Robert Mitchum, “A Movable Scene” is a documentary in the series "The Distant Drummer" that takes a sympathetic yet critical look at the late 1960s counterculture movement and drug use. The film was an Airlie Production and includes scenes shot in San Francisco, London, Nepal, Rome, and Istanbul. The film argues that hippies' excessive drug use is dangerous, and that “dropping out” won’t solve the problems of society. Produced by George Washington University Department of Medical and Public Affairs in cooperation with the National Institute of Mental Health, the District of Columbia Medical Society, and the American Academy of General Practice. "The Distant Drummer" is a short-lived series of four 22-minute American documentary films produced in the early 1970s as a societal warning against the proliferation of drugs during the counterculture of the 1960s. The films were directed by William Templeton and written by Don Peterson.“Straight Society:” Chicago Skyline (0:09). Ma

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