# “ L.S.D. - LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE ” 1960S EDUCATIONAL FILM ABOUT THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG LSD 48574

This educational film titled “L.S.D. - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” is a 1960s educational film about the psychedelic LSD. The film features accredited scholars including Dr. Stanislav Grof, Dr. Jean Houston, and Dr. William A. Frosch. The film tells the story of the discovery of the drug, by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann who first synthesized LSD in 1938, and its effects displayed through simulations and testing in laboratory rats. The film also includes footage of a “trip tent” at a festival providing care for those suffering from a bad trip. Spinning chemical structures (00:06). An eye (00:14). Newspaper headlines about LSD (00:18). Abstract flashing scenes (00:22). Bright sunlight over a house (00:37). A man running clumsily across a foggy field (00:46). Distorted views of a screaming man (00:54), a house (00:55), and window wiping (00:59). Abstract scenes displaying people high in LSD (01:04). A person running through a field (01:13). Rye grains, contaminated by ergot fungus causing the condition of Saint Anthony's fire (01:17). LSD being synthesized from lysergic acid, a chemical derived from the hydrolysis of ergotamine, an alkaloid found in ergot (01:36). Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann who first synthesized LSD in 1938 (01:46). Scenes of scientists/researchers testing LSD on rats in a laboratory (02:07). Dr. Stanislav "Stan" Grof, a Czech-born psychiatrist, explains the results of researching the connection between LSD and schizophrenia (03:38). A woman high on LSD…

- Kind: Educational
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48574LSD)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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