SVCD list

[somnif]

Okay, here is a list of the SVCD that I have put

together so far. I have no idea about how, or if I

am going to distribute these. If someone wants to

take on the job I'll send them a copy of the whole

lot, otherwise if anyone is *really* desperate for

something I could probably make and post a copy

for $5.00 but don't expect a rapid turn around

time (busy trying to get softwar out the door at

the moment)

I would like to create a system where the list can

continue to be expanded with other peoples

contributions. I can do transfers from VHS, Div X,

DVD to SVCD.

A couple a clearly still under copyright but I am

not sure that they are available in Australia.

These are all on CD-R in SVCD format. Most Windows

DVD playing software (Power-DVD, Win-DVD etc.)will

play them okay as well as many stand alone DVD

players. The following link shows a list of DVD

players which are compatible with the format:

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVD...&Submit2=Search

Okay, the list follows:

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SVCD list: note summary text stolen from all over the net.

acapulco_gold: 1972 marijuana smuggling fictico-"documentary". For a tad more info see

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=18004...cf=info&intl=us

assassin_of_youth: ASSASSIN OF YOUTH is yet another drug film from the 1930's, this time concerning a young reporter who goes undercover as a soda jerk in order to expose the marihuana use that is rampant among the teenagers. For a review see http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showrevie...iew.php3?ID=754

a_vein_hope_four_corners_heroin_trial: 4 Corners documentary on United States intervention on the proposed Heroin Trials in the ACT. For more background information have a look at:

http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Prohibition/Law%...0Heroin%20Trial

chemical_tomb_plus_narcotics:_pit_of_dispair: Two drug "educational" films from the Prelinger Archive.

The Chemical Tomb (color)-> Hippies dance barefoot while bongs and sitars blare on the soundtrack, and normal American youth are turned into deranged, chemically fueled addicts. Yup, they're "The Turned-On People" who risk "placing their psyche in peril." Ether, bennies, airplane glue, paint thinner, yellow jackets, red devils, blood reds, rainbows, hashish, acid, and pot -- all explained by a DR. JOHN T. BURROUGHS, Director of Narcotics Education for the Los Angeles District Attorneys Youth Advisory Council. Scary says, "Tomb raiders!" For the info or to download Chemical Tomb see http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?id=370

Narcotics Pit of Dispair-> John, an erstwhile young high school student on the track team with a pretty girlfriend, a nice car, and a lot going for him, falls in with the wrong crowd. He starts to smoke, has a beer, and before he knows it he's smoking a joint, which of course leads to heroin. Soon he's selling his mother's silverware to pay for his fix. Eventually, he gets caught and is sent to treatment.... which works beautifully. Or does it? The ending is unclear. No dialogue from the actors in this, just a heavy-handed narrator. Watch out for the sinister bongo music. To download or for more information see:

http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?id=725

cocaine_fiends_plus_the_menace: The original source material is so bad for these two that it would only suit someone who has a specific interest in them. More info can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/tubular42/cocaine...ne/cocaine.html and also http://www.ihffilm.com/ihf/r720.html

dealing_with_the_demon_part_2:

dealing_with_the_demon_part_3: Missing Part 1, but each part covers a different aspect of heroin issues so they work okay without it. Originally screened on SBS and made by an Australian called Chris Hilton.

Episode Two Summary-> An Unholy Alliance Examines the relationship between the drug trade and war, detailing the involvement of the CIA in Vietnam and Afghanistan during the Cold War.

Episode Three Summary-> Containing the Fallout Investigates the spread of heroin use, its role in fueling the AIDS epidemic in Asia, and explores the most effective means of dealing with illicit drugs, using Australia as a test case.

five_go_mad_in_dorcet_plus_five_go_mad_on_mescalin: not exactly informative but enjoyable.

flowers_of_darkness_plus_terrible_truth_plus_drug_addiction: Three drug "educational" films from the Prelinger Archive.

Flowers of Darkness->Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of AmeriIncludes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh.

Terrible Truth-> Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction. Substance abuse, Drugs, Teenagers, California, Los Angeles. Ahh, those were the days. Join Phyllis as she moves from pot ("that's jive talk for marijuana") to heroin. Where are all these drugs coming from? "Some say it's the Reds. . ." (that's pogrom talk for communists).

Drug Addiction-> Classic "slippery slope" narrative of post-World War II stoned slackerdom.

http://www.archive.org/movies/movieslistin...0abuse:%20Drugs for more info on the above three.

freakouts_and_flashbacks_01:

freakouts_and_flashbacks_02: More "educational" films with a LSD bend. Includes "LSD-25", "LSD Insight or Insanity", "LSD Trip To Nowhere" and "Hooks"

grass: Documentary on history of marijuana prohibition. More info can be found here

http://www.currentfilm.com/dvdreviews4/grassdvd.html

howard_marks_mr_nice: Documentary of marijuana smuggler Howard Marks who wrote a best selling book called "Mr. Nice" More info can be found here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/4/prweb61725.php

marihuana: 1936 Refer Madness type film. See http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showrevie...iew.php3?ID=754

mushroom_man_wasson: Documentary on Wasson taped from SBS

refer_madness: See http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showrevie...iew.php3?ID=754

report_from_the_drug_front_swiss: Documentary on the Swiss Experiment regarding Heroin

use.

subject_narcotics_plus_perversion_for_profit: Educational style films.

Subject Narcotics-> Produced for police orientation and training, this film presents drug addiction not simply as a crime but as a deepseated social problem. With dramatized sequences of addicts in shooting galleries and excellent footage of pre-renewal downtown Los Angeles, a neighborhood now lost. Produced and directed by renowned filmmakers Denis and Terry Sanders, who wrote this film with Jay Sandrich. See

http://www.open-video.org/segment.php?seg_id=4355 for more info or to download.

Perversion For Profit->Not about drug use at all but dirty books. From the Prelinger archive. Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.

See http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...ectionid=00895a

technomania: 1986 documentary on the new music form of Techno! Probably interesting to

those who were there ;-)

[ 06. April 2003, 00:25: Message edited by: somnif ]