- Title: F-A5322
- Summary: SAFETY ON THE SCHOOL BUS: 1950s SCHOOL SAFETY FILM. BABY BOOMER ERA VALUES. SHOWS THE MANUFACTURERS, LEGISLATORS, INSPECTORS, POLICEMEN & THE BUS DRIVER ARE ALL CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF PUPILS WHO USE THE SCHOOL BUS.
- Description:03:35:00 - CU HORSE'S HOOVES "CLIP CLOP". BOY AND GIRL RIDE HORSE PONY TO SCHOOL ON A QUIET COUNTRY DIRT ROAD, PASS FARMER IN HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE. RE-ENACTMENT OF RURAL LIFE IN THE 1920s 03:35:49 - "MODERN" SCHOOL, CIRCA 1951 STUDENTS OUTSIDE SCHOOL 03:36:00 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM. STUDENT-BUILT NEW YORK POST OFFICE, GIRL PLAYS CUSTOMER, ANOTHER PLAYS POSTAL WORKER. TEACHER LEANS OVER SHARED PUPIL DESK 03:36:11 - 2 GIRLS WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL BUS ON RURAL COUNTRY ROAD. STUDENTS GET ON SCHOOL BUS 03:36:32 - DECAL "SCHOOL BUS BODY PROTECTING AMERICA'S FUTURE, MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION" 03:36:37 - CU NON-SKID FLOORS ON SCHOOL BUS. SAFETY FEATURES. 03:36:40 - CU HANDS HOLDING ONTO GRAB RAILS AS THEY GET ON BUS. HAND RAILS 03:36:45 - SCHOOL BUS EMERGENCY REAR DOOR 03:36:48 - CU BLINKING SIGNAL ARROW. TURN INDICATOR 03:36:54 - CU ROAD SIGN "SPEED LIMIT 30" 03:36:59 - SCHOOL BUS STOPPING, PICKING UP STUDENTS. FLASHING LIGHTS 03:37:13 - SCHOOL BUS INSPECTED BY STATE TROOPER 03:37:26 - CU SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. CU CHILDREN RIDING THE SCHOOL BUS. LOOK RIGHT AT CAMERA 03:37:52 - KIDS LEAVE HOUSE FOR SCHOOL. BROTHER AND SISTER. WALKING ON RURAL ROAD TO BUS STOP. BUS DRIVER BECKONS CHILDREN TO CROSS ROAD. BECKONING FINGER. 03:38:34 - BOY STANDING TOO FAR IN ROAD WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUS. POLICEMAN STOPS PATROL CAR TO WARN BOY TO STAY BACK OFF THE ROAD. UNSAFE BAD BEHAVIOR WHILE WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUS. 03:38:54 - INTERIOR SCHOOL BUS, CIRCA 1951. CHILDREN GET ON BUS & TAKE SEATS. BOY LEANING ON SEAT BECKONS HIS FRIEND TO COME SIT WITH HIM, BOY GETS UP WHILE BUS IN IN MOTION, CU BUS HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD, BOY FALLS DOWN IN AISLE 03:39:34 - FAT BOY ON SCHOOL BUS EATING BANANA FROM HIS LUNCH BOX. THROWS BANANA PEEL ON BUS FLOOR. DANGEROUS HABITS. BOY FALLS ON BANANA PEEL 03:40:03 - THREE BOYS HORSING AROUND ON THE SCHOOL BUS. 03:40:13 - PRE-TEEN GIRLS TOO LOUD ON SCHOOL BUS DISTRACT BUS DRIVER 03:40:27 - YOUNG STUDENTS SINGING SCHOOL SONG AND CLAPPING ON SCHOOL BUS (MOS). BUS STOPS THE BUS, WALKS BACK TO LOUD STUDENTS & YELLS AT THE KIDS. 03:40:50 - TIRED BOY LEANING HEAD BACK LOOKING OUT BUS WINDOW 03:41:02 - BOY STICKS PINWHEEL OUT BUS WINDOW. WORDS "NEVER DO THIS" ON SCREEN. PASSING VEHICLE BREAKS PINWHEEL, BOY UPSET. WILLY-NILLY. 03:41:34 - BUS DRIVER STOPS BUS, CHILDREN GET OFF SCHOOL BUS. 03:41:49 - PUBLIC BUS, 1951 STOPS AND DROPS OFF CHILDREN 03:42:09 - BOY AND GIRL LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET. STUDENTS CARRY SCHOOL BOOKS UNDER THEIR ARMS. 03:42:20 - SCHOOL CHILDREN GET ON BUS IN ORDERLY FASHION 03:42:40 - SCHOOL BUS PULLS OF ROAD, DROPS OFF CHILDREN, CHILDREN LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET. TEXACO STATION. 03:43:05 - POV ON BACK OF BUS, BOY AND GIRL WAVE FROM ROAD 03:43:12 - EARLY 1950s STUDENTS RIDING ON SCHOOL BUS 03:43:30 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5322