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Film, Video The terrible truth

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About this Item

Title

  • The terrible truth

Summary

  • Documents the story of one teenage girl typical of youthful narcotics addicts. Starting with an occasional marijuana cigarette, she is induced to experiment with a 'fix' of heroin. Soon she is a hopeless 'hype,' with a criminal record and a blighted future. Judge William T. McKesson, of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court, presents the arguments against having any contact with drugs in any form.

Names

  • Sid Davis Productions

Created / Published

  • United States : Sid Davis Productions, 1951.

Headings

  • -  Teenagers--Drug use
  • -  Drug addiction

Genre

  • Social guidance films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Made with the cooperation and assistance of Judge William B. McKesson of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court.
  • -  Summary adapted from Educational film/video locator, third edition, volume II, p. 2763.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 11 min.) : sd., col.

Source Collection

  • Prelinger Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600726

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Sid Davis Productions. The Terrible Truth. United States: Sid Davis Productions, 1951. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600726/.

APA citation style:

Sid Davis Productions. (1951) The Terrible Truth. United States: Sid Davis Productions. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600726/.

MLA citation style:

Sid Davis Productions. The Terrible Truth. United States: Sid Davis Productions, 1951. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600726/>.