| abstract | - The Swan Orientation film is a film produced by the Hanso Foundation to instruct the inhabitants of the Swan, a DHARMA Initiative station. The film's official title is "3 of 6 - Orientation". It is narrated by Dr. Marvin Candle and bears a copyright date of 1980. The film was revealed by Desmond in the episode 第2季 第3集 [ ]. It was hidden behind a copy of the book The Turn of the Screw. The film starts with a short history of the DHARMA Initiative. It explains how the Initiative was founded in 1970 by Gerald DeGroot and Karen DeGroot, two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. Taking the example of B.F. Skinner, they imagined a "large-scale communal research compound" where research could be conducted into meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and Utopian Social ? (this part is unclear and could refer to Utopian Socialism or Utopian Social Engineering, also in the Spanish translation it was told to be "Ingeniería Social Utópica", or Utopian Social Engineering). According to the film, the DHARMA Initiative received their funding from the Danish industrialist and munitions magnate, Alvar Hanso, through his Hanso Foundation. Further the film details the procedures at the Swan station. It explains The Swan is station number 3, originally designed to study "the unique electromagnetic fluctuations" from its part of the island. It does not describe these characteristics however but apparently a certain "incident" occurred at some point. As a result, every 108 minutes, a code (the numbers) has to be entered into the computer terminal (see pushing the button). Reasons for the execution of the protocol are not provided, but it is emphasized that it is of "utmost importance". Also, partners at the station are there for 540 day shifts, after which new replacements would arrive. Later in the episode 第2季 第9集 [ ], Mr. Eko reveals a new piece of film to John Locke. The piece was discovered in a Bible at the Arrow DHARMA Initiative station. After splicing the piece into the original film, the two watch it again. The spliced clip reveals a strong warning not to use the computer for any external communication with the outside world, and to only use the computer for entering the code. In the episode 第2季 第23集 [ ], Desmond asked Kelvin Inman why there are parts missing from the film. Kelvin comments how his partner who resided with him in The Swan, Radzinsky, made edits to parts of the film. It is unknown why Radzinsky did this.
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