- Title: V-4616
- Summary: THE CASE OF TOMMY TUCKER: SAFETY FILM
- Description:00:20:08 - LS BUS PULLING UP TO FRONT OF SCHOOL. 00:20:17 - CHILDREN PUTTING ON A SAFETY PLAY PAGEANT. "THE CARELESS GNOME SKULLS". NUMBSKULLS. CHILDREN SING & DANCE ON STAGE WEARING ANIMAL MASKS. PARENTS IN AUDIENCE WATCH. SAFETY PATROL. CURTAIN CLOSES PARENTS APPLAUD. 00:21:42 - TEACHER CONGRATULATES CHILDREN. CUTE LITTLE BOY. BOY SMILES. 00:22:12 - AMBULANCE SPEEDING DOWN ROAD. CARS PULL OVER TO LET AMBULANCE PASS. CIRCA 1950 00:22:21 - OPERATING ROOM. DOCTORS PREPARE FOR SURGERY 00:22:25 - POLICEMAN & MAN TALK ON CORNER 00:22:32 - MAYOR ON THE PHONE. 00:22:40 - WOMAN CRIES AS GROCER PACKS BAG. 00:22:52 - COUPLE RUSHES TO NURSE AT FRONT DESK OF HOSPITAL. NURSE TALKS ON PHONE. PARENTS RUSH TO SEE SON. 00:23:28 - SURGEON PERFORMS OPERATION ON LITTLE BOY, DOCTOR WEARING MASKS. OXYGEN MASK ON BOY'S FACE. BREATHING BAG FILLING UP, DEFLATING. TOMMY HAS NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. SKY, CLOUDS, GOING TOWARDS HEAVEN 00:24:26 - BOY AT "THE PEARLY GATES" ST. PETER IS A CROSSING GUARD. ALLEGORICAL VISION OF HEAVEN. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY & AUTO SAFETY. 00:26:57 - OPERATING ROOM. SURGEONS SAVE CHILD 00:27:15 - BOY ON THE BRINK OF DEATH, NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE ALLEGORICAL VISION OF HEAVEN. BOY SEES HIMSELF ON TELEVISION 00:29:45 - POV WALKING DOWN STREET. POSTER IN WINDOW "JOIN THE TOMMY TUCKER SAFETY CAMPAIGN" SAFETY POSTERS PUT UP IN WINDOWS, ON TELEPHONE POLES... 00:30:07 - CAR STOPPED AT "TOMMY TUCKER SAFETY LANE CAR INSPECTION STATION" INSPECTOR PUTS SAFETY STICKER ON CAR. 00:30:15 - POLICE MAN IN SCHOOL CLASSROOM TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN SAFETY. KIDS RAISE THEIR HANDS & STAND TO ASK QUESTIONS. 00:31:18 - LECTURER GIVING PRESENTATION, FLIPPING PAGES OF POSTER BOARD ON EASEL. VISUAL AID. DRIVING SAFETY. 00:32:06 - TWO BOYS THROW BALL ON SIDEWALK, DOG CHASES THE BALL, STOPS AT CURB. SMART DOG 00:32:17 - MECHANIC POINTS TO SIGN, REMINDS MOTORIST OF FREE CAR SAFETY INSPECTION 00:32:25 - PEOPLE GOING TO WATCH SAFETY MOVIE. POSTER "COME IN NOW! CONTINUOUS SHOWING OF SAFETY FILMS.." PEOPLE WATCHING FILM, MOVIE 00:32:43 - HS CARS ON HIGHWAY, 1950 00:32:51 - POV RURAL DRIVING, BARN. PASSING FAMILY WALKING 00:32:59 - AUTOMOBILE DESIGNER WORKING AT DRAFTING TABLE, CARS, IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED 00:33:10 - CAMERA FOLLOWS CARS ON ROAD, 1950. CU DRIVERS 00:33:36 - PEDESTRIANS AT CROSS WALK, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CIRCA 1950. STOP & GO CARDBOARD SIGNS LIFT UP & DOWN 00:34:29 - CU CAR TIRES ON ROAD 00:34:33 - RECKLESS DRIVER POV WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. DANGEROUS DRIVING 00:35:27 - CARELESS DRIVER WALKS OUT OF CAR INTO TRAFFIC ALMOST GETS RUN OVER. WEARING CARELESS GNOME MASK 00:35:40 - NEAR-MISS CAR ACCIDENT, DRIVER PULLS AWAY FROM CURB, CAR ON ROAD HAS TO SUDDENLY BRAKE TO AVOID COLLISION, ANGRY DRIVER YELLS AT CARELESS DRIVER DRIVERS SUDDENLY WEARING EVIL LOOKING MASKS. 00:35:55 - CARELESS PEDESTRIAN WALKS INTO TRAFFIC, ALMOST RUN OVER BY CAR. NEAR-MISS. 00:36:05 - WOMAN DAYDREAMING ALMOST HITS CAR IN FRONT OF HER SUDDENLY SHE'S WEARING A CARELESS GNOME SKULL MASK. CARELESS DRIVERS WITH CLOSE CALLS 00:36:23 - PIPE SMOKING IDIOT JAYWALKER CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, SUDDENLY WEARING CARELESS GNOME SKULL MASK. 00:36:34 - BOY IN "HEAVEN" WITH ST. PETER AND GOD AS TRAFFIC SAFETY GUARDS. ALLEGORICAL VISION OF HEAVEN 00:37:27 - BOY HAVING NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE LOOKS DOWN TO EARTH, NURSE TALKS TO HIS PARENTS IN HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM. MOTHER CRYING. BEGS HER SON TO HELP HIMSELF. "TOMMY PLEASE" BOY DOESN'T WANT TO BE AN "OBJECT LESSON AFTER ALL" 00:38:38 - MONTAGE SAFE DRIVING, BOY'S SMILING FACE SUPERIMPOSED. 00:39:15 - PARENTS IN HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM, WAITING FOR WORD ON THEIR SON'S CONDITION. MOTHER WIPING TEARS WITH HANDKERCHIEF. WEEPING. 00:39:20 - BOY PLEADS WITH "GOD" TO LET HIM GO BACK TO EARTH 00:41:37 - BOY COMES BACK TO LIFE, DOCTOR TELLS PARENTS & GRANDFATHER "TOMMY IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT"
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-4616