- Title: PA-53
- Summary: DRIVE YOUR BICYCLE: ENCOURAGES BOYS TO "DRIVE" THEIR BICYCLES PRACTICING "RULE OF THE ROAD" THAT WILL HELP THEM IN LATER YEARS WHEN THEY BEGIN DRIVING AUTOMOBILES. SHOTS OF LOCAL GLENDALE & BURBANK, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL ROAD SCENES.
- Description:01:47:07 - THREE TEENAGE BOYS SEATED IN FRONT SEAT OF CAR PRESUMABLY DRIVING TOWARDS CAMERA, AS SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD. BOYS ARE REALLY ON DRIVEWAY OF HOME, PRETENDING TO BE DRIVING. PAN TO RIGHT, FATHER OF DRIVER LEANS ON FRONT WINDOW TO LOOK INSIDE. SON SAYS "HI, DAD, WE WERE JUST PRACTICING OUR DRIVING". DAD SAYS, "PRACTICING YOUR DRIVING?" "NOW YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL ME YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A CAR, ARE YOU?' THE BOY SAYS "SURE, DAD.....". THEN PROCEEDS IN GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF STARTING AND DRIVING, WITHOUT REALLY STARTING IT. DAD "THAT'S JUST THE MECHANICAL PART OF IT, "THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DRIVING THAN JUST LETTING A CAR GO". 01:47:08 - MR. WILSON OPENS DOOR, BOY GETS OUT OF CAR AS WILSON EXPLAINS THE "MANY THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE DRIVING A CAR". HE TALKS ABOUT "TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS". OTHER BOY STILL IN THE CAR, TELLS OF TRAFFIC RULES INSTRUCTIONS THEY RECEIVED AT SCHOOL. WILSON GETS INTO CAR. "WE CALL IT LEARNING TO DRIVE OUR BIKERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE SAME TRAFFIC RULES AS THE CARS". HE TELLS HOW THIS CAN PREPARE THEM FOR WHEN THEY (KIDS) GET OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE A CAR. 01:48:44 - CU WILSON, SITTING IN DRIVERS SEAT, TALKS TO SON OUTSIDE THROUGH OPEN WINDOW. "JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "DRIVING" YOUR BIKE".PAN TO BOY, "WELL, WHEN WE DRIVE OUR BIKES IN THE STREET WE GET AS MUCH A PART OF TRAFFIC AS THE CARS". 01:48:53 - MS BOY RIDING BIKE ON BUSY RESIDENTIAL STREET, (TOWARDS CAMERA), BUS GOING THE OTHER WAY IN B/G. MS SAME BOY DRIVING AUTO (TOWARDS CAMERA) STICKS HAND OUT WINDOW TO SIGNAL A TURN.(AS SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD). BACK TO BOY ON BIKE MAKING THE SAME HAND SIGNAL, TURNS LEFT AT CORNER. BOY'S VOICE OVER, "NEVER DO ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T DO (WHEN DRIVING BIKE), WHEN DRIVING A REAL CAR". MS BOY SPEAKING TO DAD THROUGH DRIVER'S WINDOW. BOY TELLS DAD THEY ARE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN SCHOOL. DAD GETS OUT OF CAR, BOY HOLDING BIKE, DEMONSTRATES HAND SIGNALS HE USES WHEN RIDING IN TRAFFIC ON BIKES. ANOTHER BOY FIXING BIKE IN B/G ALSO CHIMES IN. 01:50:15 - BOY EXPLAINS TO MR. WILSON WHAT "SHARING RESPONSIBILITY" MEANS WHEN DRIVING."YOU MEAN, YOU HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR CARS, JUST AS THEY HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU?" 01:50:43 - BOY EXPLAINS HOW HE KEEPS TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING BIKE SO FASTER CARS CAN PASS. MLS BOY ON BIKE RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA STAYS TO HIS RIGHT AS PASSING CARS CIRCA 1950S, PARKED ALONG CURB IN BUSINESS SECTION OF TOE=TOWN. BOY STOPS QUICKLY AS MAN IN PARKED CAR SUDDENLY OPENS HIS DOOR. INSTEAD OF RIDING AROUND CAR, BOY STOPS, LOOKS BACK TO SEE IF CLEAR, THEN CONTINUES AROUND OPEN DOOR. traffic safety. CU WILSON ASKS BOY "WHAT ABOUT THESE BOYS THAT RIDE OTHERS ON THE HANDLE BAR, HITCHING RIDES ON CARS AND TRUCKS....? "NO, BUT YOU NEVER SEE ANYONE FROM OUR SCHOOL DOING THAT", SAYS BOY. 01:51:23 - MS BOY SITTING ON HOOD OF CAR,COMPLETELY BLOCKING DRIVER'S VIEW AS CAR RIDES DOWN STREET. BOY EXPLAINS TO MAN THAT IT IS JUST AS SILLY TO RIDE ON HANDLE BAR OF BIKE. BOTH BLOCKS VIEW OF DRIVER. IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, MAN DRIVING CAR STICKS HIS OUTSTRETCHED HAN OUT WINDOW, GRABS ONTO PASSING TRUCK TO HITCH A RIDE. "JUST AS SILLY AS BOY HITCHING A RIDE WHILE RIDING BIKE". 01:51:55 - LS BOY RIDING BIKE DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET, KEEPS A SAFE DISTANCE FROM CAR RIDING IN FRONT OF HIM. WHEN CAR STOPS, BIKE STOPS. VOICE OVER TELLS BY KEEPING SAFE DISTANCE FROM CAR, HE WOULDN'T RIDE INTO HIM". 01:52:05 - LS TWO BOYS RIDING BIKE IN STREET, SLOW DOWN WHEN APPROACHING CORNER, LOOKING BOTH WAYS, THEN CONTINUING. SAME TWO BOYS STOP AT INTERSECTION TO ALLOW A WOMAN WITH TWO CHILDREN IN HAND TO CROSS. 01:52:23 - MS BOY FIXING TIRE ON HIS BIKE, CHECKING HIS BRAKES AS BIKE SITS ON KICK STAND. TILT UP TO BOY TALKING TO DAD ABOUT SAFETY. DAD ASKS ABOUT "DRIVING HIS BIKE. 01:54:19 - LS BOY RIDING BIKE R TO L, ON STREET IN RESIDENTIAL AREA AT FULL SPEED. MS SAME BOY RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA DOWN MIDDLE LANE OF TWO-WAY STREET. LS TWO GIRLS ON SIDEWALK ABOUT TO CROSS STREET. AS SEEN BY BOY RIDING BIKE. SAME BOY RIDING BIKE TOWARDS CAMERA. MS SAME BOY RIDING CAR TOWARDS CAMERA AS VOICE OVER DESCRIBES WHAT HE WOULD DO, WHEN APPROACHING THE GIRLS IF HE WERE RIDING CAR. 01:54:53 - MS BOY ON BIKE. FACING CAMERA, STOPS TO LET TWO GIRLS CROSS AT INTERSECTION, APPROACHING CAR IN B/G. CAR BEHIND FOLLOWS BOY'S LEAD AND ALSO STOPS. GIRLS PASS, BOY CONTINUES RIDING. BOY'S VOICE OVER, "MADE ME FEEL PRETTY GOOD, THAT I SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THAT DRIVER". 01:55:21 - MORE SHOTS OF MR. WILSON HAVING DISCUSSION WITH BOYS. CU ONE OF THE BOYS RELATES ANOTHER STORY ABOUT "DRIVING" HIS BICYCLE. LS BOY RIDING BIKE DOWN STREET R TO L, STOPS AT INTERSECTION, MAKES LEFT TURN, DRIVES DOWN WRONG SIDE OF STREET TOWARDS CAMERA. BOY SEES HIMSELF RIDING CAR DOWN WRONG SIDE OF STREET, REALIZES THE DANGERS. danger lurks. 01:55:45 - BOY RIDING DOWN WRONG SIDE OF STREET ON BIKE, STOPS, GETS OFF, WALKS HIS BIKE ACROSS INTERSECTION THEN RIDES IT ON RIGHT SIDE OF STREET. BACK TO BOY TELLING THIS STORY TO MR. WILSON. WILSON GETS IN CAR, COMPLIMENTS THE THREE BOYS FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SAFE DRIVING, DRIVES OFF. 01:56:48 - MS STUDENTS, MOSTLY BOYS, BACKS TO CAMERA, SEATED ON BENCHES, WATCH MALE TEACHER AT BLACKBOARD GIVING SAFE DRIVING CLASSES TO THEM AT OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. BLACK CONTAINS DIAGRAM OF STREET WITH INTERSECTIONS. HE TURNS TO STUDENTS, "NOW YOU'VE LEARNED THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF TRAFFIC AND.... ". HE PROCEEDS IN GIVING THEM GOOD ADVISE. PAN TO SIGN ON BLACKBOARD, "DRIVE YOUR BIKE".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-53