- Title: F-A5331
- Summary: ELECTRICAL POWER AND COMMON SENSE: A 1950s SAFETY FILM ABOUT ELECTRICAL POWER. POWER LINES AND FLYING KITES DON'T MIX. FLY KITES IN A SAFE PLACE TO AVOID ELECTROCUTION. SAME WITH MODEL AIRPLANES.
- Description:05:08:47 - RIPPED KITE STUCK IN ELECTRICAL POWER LINES 05:08:54 - TWO 1950s BOYS WITH A KITE, FLYING KITES. CU KITE "HIGH-FLYER JET" CU ROLL OF FINE WIRE USED INSTEAD OF STRING SO THEY WON'T LOSE THEIR KITE. 05:09:25 - TILT UP POWER LINES, BOYS FLYING A KITE IN A DANGEROUS AREA, TOO MANY POWER LINES & USING WIRE INSTEAD OF STRING 05:09:35 - BOYS FLYING A KITE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD 05:09:43 - DRAWING, PAINTING OF A BOY FLYING A KITE, KITE CAUGHT IN POWER LINES. LEFT HAND PAINTS RED PAINT OVER THE BOY AS THE BOY IS ELECTROCUTED BY THE POWER LINES 05:09:55 - CU KITE STRING IN BOY'S HAND 05:10:01 - CU KITE STRING, TINSEL STRING. DANGEROUS TO USE, 05:10:09 - CU COTTON KITE STRING, GOOD STRING TO USE WHEN FLYING A KITE. 05:10:16 - FLYING A KITE, KITE FLYING IN THE AIR, NOTHING AROUND IT, GOOD PLACE TO FLY A KITE 05:10:22 - MAN PREPARES A MODEL AIRPLANE FOR FLIGHT. HAND SPINS THE PROPELLER, TINY ENGINE. FATHER AND SON FLY MODEL PLANE 1950s NERD BOY WITH GLASSES. 05:10:40 - PAINTING OF A BOY FLYING A KITE IN A THUNDER SHOWER WET STRING CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY. BOY ELECTROCUTED. LEFT HAND SMEARS RED OVER THE BOY AS IN DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION 05:10:50 - RIPPED KITE STUCK IN POWER LINES 05:10:59 - CU WARNING SIGN ON FENCE "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE" 05:11:04 - 2 CURIOUS YOUNG TEEN BOYS WALK UP TO THE FENCE. PEER PRESSURE, ONE BOY TALKS THE OTHER INTO CLIMBING THE FENCE, IGNORING THE DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN POSTED ON THE FENCE BOYS BREAKING RULES. 05:11:39 - CARS DRIVE ON WET ROADWAY. HIGHWAY FENCE PARALLEL WITH THE ROAD. 05:11:53 - MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF WIRE FENCES. COUNTRY ROAD WITH WIRE FENCE ALONG PROPERTY LINE. METAL HIGHWAY FENCE 05:12:06 - TEEN HUNTER WALKS ON COUNTRY ROAD CARRYING A SHOTGUN. HUNTING. BOY AIMS AT POWER LINE GLASS INSULATOR. COCKS THE GUN 05:12:35 - SURGEONS IN OPERATING ROOM 05:12:15 - 1950s FACTORY WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 05:12:46 - 1950s HOUSEWIFE IN HER KITCHEN USING ELECTRIC MIXER BEATER. 05:12:53 - PAINTING OF A BOY SHOOTING A SHOTGUN AT GLASS INSULATOR ON POWER LINES. LEFT HAND PAINTS RED PAINT OVER THE BOY AS IN DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION 05:13:12 - GIRL CLIMBING A TREE. UTILITY POWER LINE RUNS THROUGH THE TREES. GIRL REACHES FOR THE POWER LINE, STOPS SHORT OF TOUCHING IT 05:13:36 - GIRLS CLIMB METAL LADDER OF PLAYGROUND SLIDE. 1950s SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. KIDS IN BKGD ON SEE SAWS 05:13:53 - MAN TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT COMMON SENSE TO USE WHEN AROUND ELECTRIC POWER. 05:14:08 - CU "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE" WARNING SIGN ON FENCE 05:14:13 - 1950s TEENAGERS IN TEEN BEDROOM, COUPLE DANCING, OTHER COUPLE LOOKING AT RECORDS. 1950s RECORD PLAYER. BOBBY SOXERS. SCHOOL PENNANTS 05:14:21 - NARRATOR TALKS TO THE CAMERA 05:14:32 - MAN WORKS AROUND THE HOUSE ON A SATURDAY. CARRIES METAL LADDER THROUGH THE BACK YARD TO PUT UP ANTENNAE ON THE HOUSE. ANTENNAE FALLS ON POWER LINES, SCREEN BLACKS OUT AS IN DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION 05:16:10 - 1950s TEENAGERS, BOBBY SOXERS IN TEEN'S BEDROOM LISTENING TO RECORDS ON RECORD PLAYER. 05:16:15 - MAN TURNS ON 1950s TV SET IN LIVING ROOM 05:16:18 - 1950s WOMAN COOKS ON AN ELECTRIC GRILL 05:16:25 - BOYS PLAY WITH 1950s ELECTRIC TRAIN SET IN THEIR PLAYHOUSE WALLS HAVE HOLES IN THEM. CLUBHOUSE 05:16:37 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5331