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DHARMA Initiative orientation films

The DHARMA Initiative created orientation films for the occupants of the various stations throughout the Island. It has been confirmed in Access: Granted that every DHARMA station has its own orientation film, but all of the films might not be seen. The following is a list of the known DHARMA Initiative orientation films:



Swan Orientation film
See main article: Swan Orientation film
Station: The Swan
Made: 1980
Host: Marvin Candle
Found by: Jack and Locke
Details: discovered at the Swan station and later supplemented by material from the the Arrow station.
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Pearl Orientation video
See main article: Pearl Orientation video
Station: The Pearl
Made: 1980
Host: Mark Wickmund (Marvin Candle)
Found by: Eko and Locke
Details: Intended for inhabitants of the Pearl station.
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Psychology Orientation test video
See main article: Psychology Orientation test video
Station: None
Made: 1980
Host: None
Found by: None
Details: It was revealed as part of The Lost Experience from within the Hanso Foundation website.
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Sri Lanka video
See main article: Sri Lanka video
Station: None
Made: 1970
Host: Alvar Hanso
Found by: Rachel Blake
Details: It is a video completed on hansoexposed.com, as part of The Lost Experience, containing an orientation film.
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Orchid Orientation video
See main article: Orchid Orientation video
Station: The Orchid
Made: Unknown
Host: Edgar Halliwax
Found by: Ben and Locke
Details: Intended for inhabitants of the Orchid station. The the video describes the proper use of the Orchid vault for spatiotemporal teleportation experiments.
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Other DHARMA Initiative films

Room 23 film
See main article: Room 23
Station: The Hydra
Made: Unknown
Host: None
Found By: Alex, Kate and Sawyer
Details: This brainwashing film looks similar to the Psychology orientation video. Karl was forced to watch this film in "Not in Portland".
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Flame computer video
See main article: Flame computer
Station: The Flame
Made: Unknown
Host: Pierre Chang
Found By: Locke
Details: It has random access video clips of Marvin Candle. It is not known if one of these clips could have contained an orientation film.
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Barracks video
See main article: Barracks video
Station: None (The Barracks)
Made: Unknown
Host: Pierre Chang
Found By: Young Ben and his father
Details: It briefs the new members of the DHARMA Initiative about the Barracks area and introduces them to the sonar fence.
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Orchid Orientation video outtakes
See main article: Orchid Orientation video
Station: The Orchid
Made: Unknown
Host: "Edgar Halliwax"
Found by: Lost producers
Details: Shown at a 2007 Comic Con, these outakes feature Dr. Edgar Halliwax (Candle/Wickmund) holding a white rabbit with the number 15 painted on it. Halliwax becomes concerned when something falls from the ceiling and an identical rabbit suddenly appears on a shelf behind him.
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DHARMA booth video
See article: DHARMA booth video
Station: N/A
Made: Unknown
Host: Pierre Chang
Found by: Dan Bronson
Details: Shown at a 2008 Comic Con, the video was shown at the Lost panel, after Dan Bronson secretly filmed a DHARMA video shown to him and five other individuals by Hans Van Eeghen. This is part of the Lost ARG Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project.
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There are also several unofficial fake orientation films that have been made by fans. See Hoax DHARMA videos

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