| Crackdown On Opium | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1661 |
| Catalog #: | 356315 | |
| Clip Number: | 356315-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-051-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:15:05 - 00:15:55 | |
| Location: | Thailand | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DRUGS: Illicit DRUGS: Rehabilitation LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Thailand (Siam), Bangkok | |
| Description: | Crackdown On Opium Rare scenes inside a Bangkok opium den just prior to shutdown imposed by a new government ban on opium smoking. Thousands of addicts will be treated at a new state sanatorium, in an historic effort to eliminate the costly vice. Man with paraphernalia. Man lying on floor smoking. People enter a building. Men change their clothes (?). Woman drinks a small cup of liquid. Men (and a few women) queue up to get meal, sit at tables with food. Several of these people are rather thin and look unhealthy or malnourished. | |
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