US NAVY TRAINING FILM ON LSD 'Video'
NOVANEWS
MADE IN 1967
A PIECE OF HISTORY
An interesting historical artifact from the 1960s.
A training film to educate sailors about LSD.
Of course the military knew all about the LSD because it had been using to perform tests on soldiers for years before the genie was let out of the bottle to the public.
Interesting note. The two biggest popularizers of LSD in the Bay Area (ground zero for the spread to the rest of the country) had military connections:
1. (Ex) Army officer-turned “traveling hippy” Steward Brand
2. The Menlo Park Veteran’s Hospital
WHAT IS LSD?
LSD is one of the most potent, mood-changing chemicals. It is manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in the ergot fungus that grows on rye and other grains.
It is produced in ...