- Title: VM-589B
- Summary: NARCOTICS FILE: THE CONNECTIONS: LOOKS AT UNIVERSAL PROBLEM OF DRUG ADDICTION, HEROIN ADDICTS AROUND THE WORLD. CHINA, FRANCE, NEW YORK CITY. POPPY PRODUCTION, THAILAND, IRAN, TURKEY. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. INTERPOL. CHINESE PRISON. GOLDEN TRIANGLE. CHINESE DRUG ADDICTS CHASING THE DRAGON, INHALING HEROIN VAPORS THROUGH A STRAW. CUSTOMS BUSTING FISHING BOAT SMUGGLING ILLICIT ILLEGAL DRUGS.
- Description:04:44:12 - YOUNG ADULT MALE DRESSED IN SUIT & TIE STUMBLING DOWN CITY STREETS, HIGH ON DRUGS, PEOPLE TURNING TO WATCH HIM, HE ALMOST FALLS CROSSING THE STREET. FREEZE FRAME CU, PARANOID EYES 04:45:03 - URBAN STREET CORNER DRUG DEALS. DRUG PUSHER. DRUG ADDICTS BUYING DRUGS. BLACK & WHITE YOUNG ADULTS. MS BLACK WOMAN IN CURLERS. 1970s FASHIONS, STRIPED BELL BOTTOMS. HAPPY FACE TEE SHIRT 04:46:38 - UNDERCOVER POLICE BUSTING HEROIN ADDICTS BUYING DRUGS. MS POLICE WOMAN TAKING OFF HER SHIRT TO SIGNAL POLICE THAT HEROIN BUY HAS BEEN MADE. UNDERCOVER AGENT RIDES OFF ON MOTORCYCLE 04:46:59 - POLICE BUSTING ARRESTING DRUG ADDICTS & SUPPLIER PUSHERMAN FOR DRUGS 04:47:10 - NEW YORK CITY POLICE INSPECTOR SPEAKING ON DRUG ADDICTS 04:47:46 - CU MONTAGE POPPIES, LS PAN POPPY FIELDS THAILAND, GOLDEN TRIANGLE. THAI FARMERS PICKING POPPIES. 04:48:52 - CU SCRAPING LINES DOWN POPPY PODS, RELEASING MILKY SUBSTANCE 04:49:05 - HELICOPTER FLYING OVER POPPY FIELDS 04:49:12 - CU POPPY POD WITH MILKY WHITE SUBSTANCE OOZING OUT 04:49:18 - THAI FARMERS IN POPPY FIELDS RELEASING MILKY WHITE SUBSTANCE FROM POPPIES 04:49:28 - US AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND SPEAKING 04:49:41 - CU THAILAND CUSTOMS UNIFORM, CUSTOMS CHECKING BOXES, OPENING PARCELS, LOOKING FOR SMUGGLED DRUGS. CU SEALING CHECKED BOXES, TAMPER PROOF 04:50:00 - SMALL PRIVATE PLANE TAKING OFF FROM SMALL JUNGLE AIRSTRIP, CUTS TO RESIDENTS OF THE "GOLDEN TRIANGLE". MS THAI BOY SHIELDING EYES FROM THE SUN 04:50:40 - LS POV LOOKING OUT WINDOW AT EIFFEL TOWER FROM INTERPOL HEADQUARTERS 04:50:45 - INTERIOR INTERPOL OFFICES. SPOKESMAN SPEAKING ON DRUG PRODUCTION, CONTROL. ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC 04:51:31 - INTERPOL SPOKESMAN AT WALL MAP OF THE WORLD WITH PAPER MARKINGS AROUND THE WORLD. MS PAPER SYMBOLS OF THE KIND OF DRUGS BEING SMUGGLED FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES 04:52:06 - INTERIOR INTERPOL, MORSE CODE MESSAGE COMING IN INFORMATION OF LARGE SHIPMENT OF MORPHINE DUE IN HONG KONG. CU MESSAGE COMING THROUGH, WORDS TYPING OUT, ILLICIT SHIPMENT 04:52:23 - POLICE BOAT AT SEA, MS CHINESE DRUG SMUGGLERS BEING ARRESTED, TAKEN OFF FREIGHTER. AGENTS SEARCHING ENGINE ROOM FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS, FINDING DRUGS, CU CONFISCATED MORPHINE 04:53:19 - MS POLICE BOAT APPROACHING VIEWER 04:53:24 - LS CHINESE FISHING BOAT AT SEA 04:53:30 - POLICE BOAT APPROACHES FISHING BOAT, TOOTING HORN. MS PHILIPPINE WOMAN & CHILD ABOARD BOAT POLICE BOAT THROWS LINE TO FISHING BOAT, BOARD FISHING BOAT, CHECKING BOAT FOR SMUGGLED DRUGS 04:54:12 - LS POV FROM BOAT HONG KONG SKYLINE, MOUNTAINS IN B/G 04:54:17 - POLICEMAN WALKING AROUND HONG KONG SLUMS, MS CHINESE DRUG ADDICTS HEATING UP HEROIN, CU HEATING HEROIN UP ON ALUMINIUM & INHALING HEROIN VAPORS THROUGH STRAW. "CHASING THE DRAGON" 04:54:59 - PAN HONG KONG SLUMS, DRUG ADDICTS HAVEN 04:55:16 - SUPERINTENDENT CUNNINGHAM OF THE HONG KONG POLICE SPEAKING FROM THE SLUMS 04:56:06 - CHINESE DRUG ADDICTS BEING MOVED FROM PRISON CU GUARD LOCKING JAIL GATE. MS CHINESE DRUG ADDICTS, PRISONERS CROUCHED ON THE GROUND. CU CHINESE DRUG ADDICTS, PRISONERS. AS THEIR NAME IS CALLED, THEY GET UP & GO INSIDE 04:57:12 - INTERIOR CHINESE PRISON, DRUG ADDICTS STUMBLING, BENT OVER. CU OLD MAN DRUG ADDICT WITH INSANE LOOK, BUG EYES, PARANOID. MS FINGERPRINTING DRUG ADDICTS. PHOTOGRAPHING OPIUM USERS. 04:58:12 - IRAN, ARMED, MOUNTED POLICEMEN. MOTORCYCLE POLICEMEN, TRUCKS FULL OF ARMED POLICEMEN 04:58:35 - MS IRANIAN POLICEMEN WITH GUNS SLUNG ON THEIR BACKS RIDING, TROTTING AWAY FROM CAMERA ON HORSEBACK 04:58:40 - SMALL PRIVATE AIRPLANE FLYING. POV IN AIRPLANE FLYING OVER CAMEL CARAVAN IN MIDDLE OF OPEN FIELDS. CU POLICEMAN IN PLANE. 04:59:58 - HS IRANIAN MOUNTED POLICEMEN & MOTORCYCLE POLICE RACING TOWARD CAMEL CARAVAN. POLICEMEN ON HILL SHOOTING AT CARAVAN, MEN HOLD UP HANDS, SURRENDERING TO POLICEMEN, POLICE MOVE IN, FRISK MEN, CHECK SACKS, ARREST DRUG SMUGGLERS. CU POLICE OPENING SACK OF OPIUM, SMELLING OPIUM 05:00:09 - ZOOM IN ON POPPY FIELDS, TURKEY. TURKISH FARMERS HARVESTING POPPIES 05:01:15 - MS TURK DRIVING HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE THROUGH POPPY FIELDS GROWING RIGHT BESIDE HOMES 05:01:22 - LS PAN TURKISH TOWN, MOUNTAINS IN B/G. TURKISH LANDSCAPE 05:01:30 - FRENCH VILLAGE, PEDESTRIANS. FRENCH POLICEMEN, CUSTOMS CHECKING AUTOMOBILES FOR SMUGGLED DRUGS. FRENCH-ITALIAN BORDER. CU OPENING TRUCK, CHECKING HIDDEN COMPARTMENT, FINDING SACKS OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, ARRESTING WELL-TO-DO MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING. PUTTING ON HAND CUFFS 05:02:33 - CUSTOMS OFFICERS CHECKING TRUCK DRIVER'S PAPERS LETS SEALED TRUCKS GO WITHOUT INSPECTION 05:02:55 - HELICOPTER FLYING OVER MOUNTAINS, ROLLING HILLS, COUNTRYSIDE OVER "THE FRENCH CONNECTION". WHERE MORPHINE BASE COMES TO BE PROCESSED INTO HEROIN 05:03:19 - LS MARSEILLES PORT, HUGE FREIGHTER BEING UNLOADED. ZOOM OUT, SMALL PLEASURE BOATS DOCKED CITY OF MARSEILLES IN B/G 05:03:40 - FRENCH CITY LIFESTYLE, OUTDOOR CAFES, MS DRUG ADDICT STUMBLING AROUND IN DRUG STUPOR, WEAVING IN & OUT OF PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE TURNING TO WATCH HIM STUMBLING DOWN SIDEWALK 05:04:23 - MS FRENCH PLAIN CLOTHES DETECTIVE HANGING AROUND CITY STREETS 05:04:32 - FRENCH DETECTIVES, POLICE CHECKING GROUNDS OF LARGE FRENCH ESTATE, NOW IN RUINS, FORMER FRENCH HEROIN LAB. OUTSKIRTS OF MARSEILLES 05:04:56 - MS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, FRANCE SPEAKING 05:05:15 - POV FLYING OVER ABANDONED HEROIN LAB, FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE 05:05:20 - INTERIOR HEROIN LAB 05:05:42 - SMALL CUSTOMS PLANE FLYING OVER MEDITERRANEAN WATCHING VESSEL'S PATTERNS 05:06:20 - CU 60 FOOT TRAWLER "CAPRICE DES TEMPS" USED IN HEROIN SMUGGLING. CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEARCHING BOAT FOR DRUGS. HEROIN FOUND UNDER FALSE CONCRETE BOTTOM 05:07:20 - INTERPOL SPOKESMAN, RAYMOND KENDALL, SPEAKING 05:07:37 - NEW YORK CITY POLICE INSPECTOR SPEAKING 05:07:51 - AMBASSADOR SCHURMANN, UNITED NATION'S FUND FOR DRUG ABUSE CONTROL SPEAKING 05:08:07 - CITY STREET SCENES, 1970s FASHIONS, PEDESTRIANS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, HIPPIES TO SUITS 05:08:38 - DRUG DEALERS, PUSHERS SELLING DRUGS TO DRUG ADDICTS 05:09:13 - POV DRIVING THROUGH SEEDY PART OF NEW YORK CITY, DOWNTOWN, STREETS FILLED WITH YOUNG ADULTS LOOKING FOR DRUGS 05:09:34 - INTERIOR JAIL, PRISON. CU HAND CLENCHED AROUND JAIL CELL BARS. PRISON GUARD. PRISONERS IN COMMON ROOM, OUT OF JAIL CELLS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-589B