Civil Defense: Psychological Response (1975)
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2022
- This 16mm film is one in a strange series made by American Civil Defense in the early 1970's for various preparations for disasters of all kinds. I transferred this reel with my Eiki Telecine. Enjoy!
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This reminds me of something in the past. Getting robbed at knife-point was very traumatic. It stays with you for a number of years. After it happened it felt like someone was always there watching and ready to victimize you again. I heard the guy coming but I grew up out in the country not suspecting someone would stick a knife in my face as I got out of the car. In the city for one year, after that happened I moved back out.
Sorry to hear you went through that. PTSD is very real. Wishing you the best in your recovery. Sucks you had to go through that.
Great film. In 8th grade (~1978) our teacher handed out booklets (books, really) from Civil Defense called "Your Chance To Live". It was filled with what to do in just about any disaster but geared towards school kids.
Ah! Peter Thomas! (Edited after another poster corrected Fran's description.) I instantly recognised that voice from countless documentaries and science shows (Nova in particular) when I was a kid in the 70s and early 80s, but never knew his name. The acting is even quite good for this type of film. Thank you Fran, I love these nuggets of the past.
His voice was used in the 1985 Paul Hardcastle song '19'. He got paid royalties for it too.
Narrated by none other than my favorite narrator! The late, very great Peter Thomas! Yay!
1:35 You can tell he cares as he changed seating position to "listen" better.
Thanks for posting this, Fran! Hugh Sidey's voice was the authoritative voice of information for many of us during my childhood. Whenever I heard it, I knew to stop, listen, and think about what he was saying. It always made me step outside of my comfortable, youthful bliss and consider the world around me in a more adult way. I may not have slept as well after doing so, but it did make me more mindful of the complexity of life.
Yes, I instantly recognised that voice from my childhood, and associate it with interesting/useful information. Kind of like hearing Walter Cronkite's voice; if you hear him speaking, it's probably worth your time to pay attention.
The music over the credits is intense and psychedelic... is that the original?? The Hugh Sidey narration is iconic! I believe he was the narrator of the Traveler's Insurance exhibit at the NY World's Fair in 1964-65, "The Triumph Of Man". I used to have the souvenir record from that....
The music sounds very much like it is something played backwards. The "attacks" are coming at the end of many notes.
Interesting intro :)
Self-blaming as a trauma response, PTSD therapy and other interesting psychological topics. I wouldn't expect civil defence films covering these, and yes - psychological resilience and coping mechanism play an important yet underestimated role in emergency preparedness. It's easy to say "don't panic" or "stop beating yourself up", but harder to do. To think it was only 2010s that the recent generations (millennial and gen-Z) pushed the widespread discourse about PTSD, or mental health in general. This talk was needed decades ago.
Oh, and your usual CD duck and cover footage. Who wouldn't expect that?
The 60s and 70s were a weird growing up period for mental health and it was very much being brought into the public awareness and pop culture. Unfortunately it allowed a lot of theories that were already tenuous to begin with to get traction in the public consciousness in very distorted ways. The reaction is in the 80s and 90s pushed all of mental health into the background and it took, unfortunately, Gulf War veterans committing suicide and children committing mass murders for the public to care again.
Hugh! The voice of my PBS infused childhood!
Amazing how Psychology had advanced since 1975. Genius. Thank goodness that things are much better now.
Interesting method to making this film... It seems the people being "interviewed" are actors improvising with a set of talking points, filmed cinema-verite' style, if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps they were people who had undergone these events... but I'm not certain of that.
Yes, I'm pretty sure they are good improv actors, but they know the key points they have to hit and have plenty of latitude in how they get there.
Agreed, they seemed to be projecting their voices like stage actors do, but at the same time, most of what they said seemed fairly natural and unscripted. Quite an interesting method. Maybe some of them were chosen _because_ they were actors who _also_ had personal trauma they could use as material for the film. I'd love to know the backstory.
Agreed. The woman who played the distraught daughter/sister was particularly convincing for me, as I immediately felt her paralysis and anxiety.
For the time, I think the topic was sensitively handled -- except, again, for someone's unfortunate choice of mood music for the opening.
@Sue Sue I don't think I'd call it "propaganda," though. It's not pushing any political cause or point of view, or intentionally presenting false information. For the most part, I think it offers a decent version of what is generally called, "reframing" in modern therapy; not denying the facts of what happened, but looking at them from a different point of view, in a broader context. I think its message is still quite applicable and useful today.
I LOVE your intro music. Is it available for download anywhere?
I'd pay for it of course.
To me, this seems to be not a psychology session aimed at helping the people. It's more like an example of psychological evaluation. The psychologist doesn't give advice or help directly with what the people are saying, he is probing and also using the power of suggestion to evaluate the weaknesses in each person's inner self. Quite interesting.
You really can't prepare for PTSD or know how you will react. My nephew is in Special Forces and did many tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. (He's a West Point grad). He came out OK so far, but some of his men have had problems adjusting. Each person's tolerance is different and once that tipping point is reached....
Interesting film. Very California.
How interesting. V. good addition. Thanks Fran!
"No, you DON'T!" Good answer.
If I‘m getting it right, the narrator is Peter Thomas. Is he also the voice in Paul Hardcastle‘s „19“?
this is a cinematic masterpiece
Now I am Depressed..
Is that the narrator voice they use for Forensic Files And New Detectives. I know it used to be Peter Thomas.
That narrator sounds like the voice in Paul Hardcastle's Nineteen.
Because it is; Peter Thomas.
Hobby Lobby @11:37. That's enough to make it creepy!
that footage is actually from the '64 quake in Anchroage Alaska
That voice. Its from IN SEARCH OF.
That would be Mr. Leonard Nimoy (Spock).
remember the one with the pyramid in glass ball that ''came from Atlantis'?
Oh the "futility".
College level or maybe PBS? Doesn't seem like something shown in high school....
don't mess with hurricanes, quakes, or forest fires people...as true now as it was then
Don't play with quakes, just play Quake.
In the days before PTSD was a thing.
Itr was, only with different names such as "shell shock" (used in the context of WWII veterans; Korea and Vietnam ones probably had PTSD diagnosed with a different term). Back then it was almost exclusively seen as a military thing.
@@KeritechElectronics You're right about that! They were still labeling it "Combat Fatigue" into the early 80's. PTSD started being described around then and when I retired from the USAF in 94 PTSD was very much "a thing".
I thought it sounded like Dick Cavett.
It's interesting to think about the psychological effects we'll see as our adventure through climate change unfolds.
Come with me if you want your chance to survive.
Ooh, candy!