Escape to nowhere

Australia, 1969

TV show
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Episode of Series “Four corners (Television program)”.
Surveys the general problem of drug abuse in Australia, pointing out the extent of dependence on alcohol, tobacco and various pharmaceutical preparations and the damage resulting from them as well as the use of illegal narcotics and hallucinogens

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Credits

producer

Peter Reid

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:43:18:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1969

Appears in

Group of items

Four corners (Television program)

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

003359

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Drug abuse - Social aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Amphetamine drugs

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dependency (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Alcohol

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Social aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Side effects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs, Nonprescription

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hallucinogenic drugs

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco - Physiological effect

Television

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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