Octopus

File — Tape: WMAR-MISC-1143-001

Identifier: WMAR-MISC-1143-001

Staff Only

Shot List

1. American Beer advertisement outtake 0:03 2. The Octopus...Drug Addition: A First-Person Report 0:19 3. Introduction by Don Bruchi 2:10 4. Reluctance of addicts to tell story 4:20 5. First-person testimony on start of addiction 5:22 6. Linkage between addiction and crime, with Joseph D. Tyding, Ralph Murdy, and Capt. Joseph Carroll 11:32 7. First-person testimony on funding addiction and repeat offenders 14:47 8. History of narcotics addiction in United States and mandatory sentences, with Harry J. Anslinger, Capt. Joseph Carroll, and Fred Weisgal 21:51 9. First-person testimony of life after prison 27:37 10. The Person Who Cared, with Doris Polston 32:55 11. Hospitalizing addicts at federal facilities, with Dr. Lawrence Kolb 38:06 12. Follow-up rehabilitation, with Dr. Isadore Tuerk 40:11 13. Private physicians and hospitals, with Dr. Gerald D. Klee 43:28 14. First-person testimony of rehabilitation experience, with Doris Polston, Dr. Rita Glahn, Vrooman Higby, Betty Selby, L.P.N., Jean Evans 46:54 15. Aftermath 54:36 16. Channel 2 Editorial by Bob Cochrane 56:01 17. Credits 59:26 18. Unknown Television Episode 1:01:17

Dates

Creation: 1948-1993

Creator

From the Collection: WMAR-TV (Television station: Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Material from the collection may be viewed in the Special Collections Research Room. Some items may have access limitations due to physical format. Some footage from the the collection has been digitized and made available online for streaming through the Internet Archive and is available through this finding aid.