- Title: SC-68
- Summary: WE DRIVERS: Automotive car driving safety.
- Description:01:00:10 - AERIAL VIEW OF A MODEL OF A TOWN, HIGHWAYS, COUNTRYSIDE. CARS 01:00:30 - LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s CARS ON THE ROAD. CONVERTIBLE, ETC. 01:01:00 - MAN BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR. DRAWING OF MAN'S FACE TURNS INTO CARTOON MAN REPRESENTING HIS SENSIBLE SIDE - SENSIBLE SAM. CLEAN CUT 01:01:25 - THE SAME HAPPENS FOR HIS OTHER SIDE - THE CARELESS, IMPULSIVE SIDE - RECKLESS RUDY. HE'S A GOOFY HICK COLLEGE KID TYPE. SCENE SWITCHES TO CARTOON OF SAM & ROOTIE ON THE ROAD 01:01:40 - ROOTIE ZIPS AROUND INSANELY. SAM IS IRRITATED. THEY JUMP BACK ON HIS SHOULDERS. VIEW OVER THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER 01:01:55 - ROOTIE ZIPS AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL & OFFERS BAD ADVICE TO THE DRIVER. SAM PUSHES HIM OUT OF THE WAY. VIEW OUT THE BACK OF CAR 01:02:25 - CAR PASSES ANOTHER ON COUNTRY ROAD. DRAWINGS OF CAR APPEAR BEHIND ONE DEMONSTRATING SPACE NEEDED TO PASS 01:02:50 - CONVERTIBLE DRIVING THRU TOWN 01:03:10 - CU SPEEDOMETER AND ROOTIE URGIN DRIVER TO GO FASTER. CU WHEEL GOING OFF ROAD. MAN LOOKS NERVOUS/RELIEVED 01:03:30 - ANIMATED GNARLY HANDS PUSH CAR DOWN HILL. OLD MAN MOMENTUM 01:03:50 - SMALL PLANE FLIES OVER CAR ON TEST TRACK 01:04:05 - CU HAND SHIFTING GEAR ON THE COLUMN. CU SPEEDOMETER. CAR GOING UP HILL. DOWN HILL. 01:04:35 - DRIVING THRU THE COUNTRY. CU SHIFTING GEARS, GOING DOWN HILL, CARTOON HANDS 01:05:10 - CURVY ROAD SIGN TURNS INTO CARTOON OF CAR ON ROAD. THE SAME WITH VARIOUS STREET SIGNS 01:05:35 - MAN DRIVING. CU SPEEDOMETER. SCHOOL GO SLOW SIGN. CU SPEEDOMETER. GOING SLOWER 01:05:55 - KID RUNNING TO SCHOOL LATE. CU FOOT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. CAR STOPS. KID CROSSES IN FRONT TO SCHOOL PLAYGROUND 01:06:15 - AERIAL VIEW OF STREET TRAFFIC. CABLE CARS. TRAFFIC COP. CU STOP LIGHT 01:06:35 - ANIMATED ARROW BETWEEN CARS. DEMONSTRATES PROPER AMOUNT OF SPACE. DEMONSTATION OF PARALLEL PARKING IN FRONT OF SHOPS 01:07:10 - MAN DRIVING THRU TOWN SEES ATTRACTIVE WOMAN & LITTLE CARTOON MAN ON HIS SHOULDER URGES HIM TO STARE. OTHER LITTLE MAN HELPS HIM AVOID A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR. NEAR ACCIDENT 01:07:40 - MAN STOPS SHORT TO AVOID HITTING MAN CROSSING THE STREET. IT TURNS OUT TO BE HIMSELF AS A PEDESTRIAN. HE LAUGHS. LITTLE CARTOON MAN SITS ON STEERING WHEEL 01:08:00 - CU MONTAGE OF MOVING CAR PARTS WITH OIL, BALL BEARINGS 01:08:15 - CU WHEELS, STOPPING. SNOW FALLS ON MODEL VILLAGE WINTER SCENE 01:08:30 - CU MAN AS HE DRIVES. CU STOP LIGHT CHANGES TO RED 01:08:45 - CARTOON MEN ADVISE DRIVER. CU FOOT ON ACCELERATOR, THEN PUMPING BRAKE. CU WHEELS ON ICY ROAD 01:09:05 - CU FOOT ON CLUTCH PEDAL. LIGHTHOUSE IN FOG. 01:09:35 - APPROACHING TRAIN. MAN DRIVING IN FOG. VIEW THRU WINDSHIELD. THICK AS PEA SOUP! 01:10:05 - CU OF REAR OF CAR WITH HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKING. DARK ROAD AT NIGHT. CU DRIVER'S EYES. CU FOOT DEPRESSING HI BEAM SWITCH 01:10:45 - CU FOOT DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR. SPEED RISING ON SPEEDOMETER. SENSIBLE SAM ADVISES DRIVER 01:11:00 - CU FOOT HITS BREAK. SAM CHANGES NIGHT TO DAY, REVEALING BROKEN DOWN TRUCK & DRIVER 01:11:15 - ANIMATED SCENE DEMONSTRATING DRIVING SPEED IN RELATIONTO DISTANCE OF LIGHT FROM HEADLIGHTS 01:11:30 - VIEW THRU WINDSHIELD OF ROAD AT NIGHT. FOOT HITTING PEDAL. MORE AERIAL VIEW ANIMATION OF MARGIN OF SAFETY 01:11:45 - CU DRIVER'S EYES, FACE. CU SPEEDOMETER. ROAD. MAN FALLING ASLEEP 01:12:00 - CARTOON CHARACTERS FIGHT. MAN YAWNS. NEON MOTEL SIGN 01:12:15 - MAN SLEEPING IN BED. CARTOON MEN FIGHT, SLEEP 01:12:35 - DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD, HIGHWAY 01:13:00 - PEOPLE IN CONVERTIBLE, CAR PULLS INTO LONG DRIVEWAY 01:13:15 - SENSIBLE SAM DRIVES CAR IN ANIMATED SCENE. HE LOOKS AT SIGNS WITH TIPS FOR SAFE DRIVING 01:13:45 - HE CRINGES AT CAR CRASH SOUND EFFECT. PASSES WRECK AND RECKLESS ROOTIE IN JAIL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: SC-68