A documentary depicts research and administration of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide ) by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the late 1950s and into the 1960s (part of project MKUltra). A remote mountain area in Southern Mexico. A view of a hand holding a mushroom. View of a part time chemist for the CIA, Dr. James Moore, who narrator says duped amateur mycologist and mushroom science enthusiast R. Gordon Wasson into providing information that led to the development of LSD. Mr. R. Gordon Wasson is asked about a magic mushroom leading to the drug psilocybin. He talks about how they found the mushroom in Mexico and ingested it as administered by a local shaman or magical priestess, Maria Sabina, in a Mazatec mushroom ritual. Wasson describes his own experience of what it was like to be under the influence of psilocybin. He describes visions and his sensory experience. Narrator relates how Dr. Moore was instructed by the CIA to get close to Mr. Wasson and obtain the magic mushrooms on a trip to Mexico, and that internal memos revealed plans to derive a drug from the mushrooms that would remain an agency secret. Dr. Moore discusses his work in helping the CIA to produce a new drug. Anonymous speaker relates information from CIA operative of plans by the CIA to test the drug on unwitting American citizens. People drinking and sitting at a bar. Charles Siragusa, a former narcotics officer, tells about discussions with Mr. George White. Scenes with swirling colors and lights meant to simulate the experience of someone taking LSD drug. CIA operative says that George White helped the CIA locate unwitting persons on which to test the drugs, including prostitutes and illegal drug addicts. Traffic on city streets. Narrator states that Mr. White set up safe houses for CIA in Greenwich Village, New York. Night time views of neon signs for cocktail lounges and night clubs. Exterior neon sign of Plantation Inn Motel in San Francisco, another safe house. View of an apartment building atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, with a view of San Francisco Bay from the safe house apartment. Former CIA official relates how they used the safe houses to administer drugs to prostitutes and determine if the drug could be useful in getting people such as prostitution customers to reveal secrets. Cars and prostitutes on a street. Views of a college campus green. Narrator states that millions of dollars were spent on LSD research at universities throughout the United States. Narrator states that word spread on college campuses about the drug, and ushered in the counter-culture movement of the 1960s. Dr. Timothy Leary is interviewed and states that he gives the CIA credit for launching the consciousness movement and counter-culture events of the 1960s. Scenes of Dr. Leary in 1967, depicting him while using the drug. Dr. Leary states that the CIA funded and encouraged use of the drug by hundreds of psychologists to advance research and understanding of it, and that psychologists found it to be an intelligence enhancing and consciousness raising experience.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. Various demonstrations in United States. A huge crowd gathered in Democratic National Convention. A sign reads 'Illinois'. People stand with the U.S. flags. Domestic violence in United States. A fire in a building. People protest on streets. A protesting group carries banners. A banner reads 'Independent Socialism'. Wreckage on street. 'Change' written on a box in rubble. United States soldiers in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Unemployed citizens and poor people in United States. A man stands in a building. A poor woman with her child. A man in a building. The U.S. flag on the building. Reflection of light in water. The campaign stresses on choosing the right leader in United States.
Provisions of the Social Security Act, 1935 in the United States. The Capitol of the United States, in Washington, DC. Scenes of Americans suffering during the Great Depression. Industrial plants closing putting people out of work. Unemployed, disabled and needy Americans lined up for a meal at the Missionary Soup Kitchen. A volunteer distribute soup to men inside a private charity soup kitchen. A man pours soup to a bowl. The Social Security Act,1935 its provisions provide immediate aid to the needy, aged, blind and dependent children. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the jobless and needy will receive monthly income through cooperation of the Federal and the State Governments. A postman hands over monthly income to a blind man and a dependent child at their house. A dependent child opens envelope. Other provision of the act is the Old Age Benefits. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the worker will receive benefits at the age of 65 years. To apply for a Social Security Account Number, one must fill out an application and deposit it at any labor organization or post office. Animation shows how one fills out an application. At a post office, officers assist a man in filling out his application. Workers receiving their social security cards from their employers: a soda jerk at a soda fountain receives his social security card and shows it. A man and a woman show theirs. A boss gives a factory worker his new social security card, along with his pay envelope. A man working at a bench receives his from his employer. A projectionist in a movie theater projection booth receives his card from his employer. Several of the cards is shown. An older retired man and woman are shown relaxing at home by their fireplace.Provisions of the Social Security Act, 1935 in the United States. The Capitol of the United States, in Washington, DC. Scenes of Americans suffering during the Great Depression. Industrial plants closing putting people out of work. Unemployed and needy Americans lined up for a meal at a soup kitchen. The Social Security Act,1935 its provisions provides immediate aid to the needy, aged, blind and dependent children. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the jobless and needy will receive monthly income through joint cooperation of the Federal and the State Governments. A postman hands over monthly income to a blind man and a dependent child at their house. Other provision of the act is the Old Age Benefits. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the worker will receive benefits at the age of 65 years. To apply for a Social Security Account Number, one has to fill out an application and deposit it at any labor organization or post office. Animation shows how one fills out an application. At a post office, officers assist a man in filling out his application. Workers receiving their social security cards from their employers: a soda jerk at a soda fountain receives his and shows it. A man and a woman show theirs. A boss gives a factory worker his new social security card, along with his pay envelope. A man working at a bench receives his from his employer. A projectionist in a movie theater projection booth receives his card from his employer. A number of the cards is shown. An older retired man and woman are shown relaxing at home by their fireplace.
Television broadcast of an interview with United States Air Force officers on UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. Reporter interviews United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel L. Tacker and Major Hector Quintanilla on Project Blue Book. Major Hector Quintanilla states that the Air Force is not hiding any information on Unidentified Flying Objects. The officers state that the UFO sighting by civilians is not based on any evidence. Reporter reads a report by researchers stating that there has not been any evidence of UFOs.
United States Army Quartermaster Corps depots in the United States. Factories where production is a continuously running process. Equipment in operation in the factories. A diagram shows commodities classified into two groups: perishable subsistence and textiles clothing, general supplies, and non-perishable subsistence. Perishable subsistence commodities such as eggs, meat and vegetables are purchased on a daily basis by representatives of the Quartermaster Corps. The representatives move among cartons of vegetables. A map of the United States shows locations of offices at market points. Men and women operating a telephone network co-ordinating activities in these offices. A man takes a printout of hourly market coverage. A map of the United States showing 35 market centers through which perishable commodities for military needs are supplied. The representatives of the Quartermaster Corps among cartons of vegetables in an open market. The men look at the vegetables. The market centers in view. Non-perishable items such as clothing, textile, general supplies and K-ration packets in view. A map of the United States shows the 17 purchasing offices located in depots in the 15 procuring districts through which these items are procured. The Boston Quartermaster Depot purchases all footwear and shoes. Office supplies in view which have been purchased by Jersey City Quartermaster Depot. The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot procures all textiles. A map of the United States shows the 15 procuring districts.
Colonel Quinn interviews World War II correspondents in the United States. Colonel United States Army William Wilson Quinn introduces 2 war correspondents Doug Larson of Scripps Howard and Sergeant Francis Porter of the United States Army during interview. They all seated at desk. Colonel states: Publicity of combat unit by press increases combat effectiveness and unit efficiency because Individuals are recognized, individuals are placed under spot light and results are enhanced. War correspondents state their points. Colonel questions about the commanders reluctance to publicity and their liking to follow specific units. Correspondents answer and state their points to these questions.
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