“THE YOUTH DRUG SCENE” 1970 ILLICIT DRUG USE & RECOVERY CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL FILM XD81755

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film, “The Youth Drug Scene“ was produced by Johnson-Nyquist and presented by Family Films. It tells the story of a former drug addict, Mark Lindley, and his recovery through finding God. The film was directed by Carroll Nyquist, photographed and edited by David D. Johnson, written by Carroll Nyquist and David R. Anderson. It was made with the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Dept. and County Probation Dept. Informational text written on screen (00:07). A party (00:19). Young people speaking about drugs (00:29). Main title (02:06). The film’s main subject Mark Lindley building a house (02:27). He and his family are eating together (02:39). Dr. Herbert Shiro, a psychiatrist, speaks about educating on drugs (03:07). Mark Lindley speaks about taking drugs (03:22). Blurred scenes mimicking the effects of drug-use (03:26). Ann Lindley, Mark’s mother, speaks about discovering her son’s drug addiction (03:50). Walt Lindley, Mark’s father, speaks about his son’s addiction (04:23). Blurred scenes mimicking the effects of drug-use (04:45). Dr. Shiro talks about the relation between parents and their children (05:14). Close-up footage of young peoples’ faces (05:49). Mr. Lindley speaks about Mark (05:58). Mrs. Lindley speaks about Mark (06:12). Dr. Shiro speaks about distracted or absent parents (06:22). A jar of pills (06:55). Mark speaks about taking drugs in pill-form including Benzedrine, Dexamyl, Phenobarbital, and Nembutal (07:08). Blurry scenes mimicking the effects of drug-use (08:01). A photograph of Mark with longer hair during his period of addiction (08:16). His mother speaks about it (08:18), then Mr. Lindley (08:46). Abstract and colorful illustrations (08:53). Mark speaks about the use of LSD (09:00). Blurry scenes mimicking the effects of drug-use (09:05). Mrs. Lindley speaking (09:27). Dr. Shiro speaking (09:35). A needle with Methadrine, more commonly known as Methamphetamine or Meth (10:01). Mark speaks about his first time trying Meth (10:06). Blurry scenes mimicking the effects of drug-use (10:29). A police car driving at night (10:47). Mark speaks about his fear of being caught for his illegal substance abuse (10:55). A police car drives at night and pull over (11:10). The photograph of Mark with longer hair during his period of addiction (11:24). Probation officer Wayne Carter speaks about his first meeting with Mark (11:28). Mr. Lindley speaks about Mark’s childhood (11:49), and Mark continues (12:07). A different photograph of Mark during his period of addiction (12:27). Mr. Lindley and Mark speaks about Mark’s appearance and their communication during his addiction (12:36). Mark speaks about his abuse of many different types of drugs including LSD, Weed, and Opium (14:07). Dr. Shiro speaks about his first meeting with Mark in 1967 (14:23). Mrs. Lindley speaks about Mark’s addiction and suicidal thoughts (15:21). Young people speaking about drugs and its effects (15:31). Dr. Shiro speaks about breaking an addiction (16:29). Abstract and colorful illustrations (16:44). A cross (16:56). A lake (17:00). Mr. Lindley speaks about Mark’s breaking with addiction through the Christian God (17:11). Officer Carter speaks about his meeting with Mark after he broke his addiction (17:20). Mark is sitting on a couch reading the Bible (18:06). Mark is building a house for work (18:27). Mark entering church (19:10). Dr. Shiro speaks about loneliness amongst youth (19:51). Mark attending a church-community meeting (20:22). Leader of the church group, Don MacPhee, speaks about Mark (20:41). Mrs. Don MacPhee speaks about drug abuse and Mark (21:14). Mark singing in the church’s choir (21:27). Mark speaking to Mrs. MacPhee at a house construction-site (21:59). Mark driving a car (22:16). Torrance High School, where Mark is enrolled in evening school (22:56). Torrance High’s Mel Nygren speaks about Mark (23:01). Mr. Nygren and Mark during a class (23:28). Mark playing baseball (23:49). His coach Dick Keller speaks about him (23:55). Mark and his siblings spending time together (24:11). Mr. Lindley speaks about Mark becoming clean and sober (25:15). The Lindley family plays pool together (25:47) and eat together (26:18). Dr. Shiro (26:32). Mark spending time with his friends (26:45). Mark driving (26:57) and spending time with his siblings (27:13). End credits (27:50). 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
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