“ IT’S MY HOBBY “ 1974 ANTI-DRUG USE & ABUSE EDUCATIONAL FILM w/ BEAU BRIDGES XD46454

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This moralistic short film from 1974 called “It’s My Hobby” tells a fictional tale of a student’s equivocations over potentially “busting” his friend for illegally selling pills to young people (students). The initial scripted story (0:11–7:14) is followed by a direct moral call to action for viewers. Film opens with title sequence: “It’s My Hobby” (0:11–0:38). High schoolers walk around school campus. Two teenage boys (“Ed” and “Scott”) chat about playing ball while holding books, walk together to parking lot. Ed opens trunk of car to place books but finds drugs (pills) instead (1:18). Scott returns from front seat, saying it’s his “hobby;” they discuss. On a patio with plants, the two sit down with beer cans (1:56) and chat. They discuss dealing, selling, buying, kinds of drugs, justifications (footage = back-and-forth shots of Ed / Scott in conversation). Scott