- Title: VM-1491
- Summary: BUS DRIVER'S HELPERS: SHOWS THE DIFFERENTY TYPES OF BUSES & THE PEOPLE WHO HELP KEEP THE BUSES SAFE. BUS DRIVES GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY, MECHANICS HELP TO KEEP THE BUS SAFE TO RIDE IN & CHILDREN HELP THE BUS DRIVER BY TALKING QUIETLY, KEEPIN HEAD & ARMS SAFELY INSIDE THE BUS & STAYING IN THEIR SEATS.
- Description:01:14:20 - CU "SCHOOL BUS" WRITTEN ON FRONT OF YELLOW SCHOOL BUS. CU DRIVER AT WHEEL OF SCHOOL BUS. SCHOOL BUS RIDING THROUGH VARIOUS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. CROSSING GUARD CROSSING SCHOOL CHILDREN. 01:14:36 - CU MONTAGE FEET OF CHILDREN WALKING; PEDALING BICYCLE; WALKING BICYCLE; GETTING INTO CAR; ALL ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL. 01:14:56 - BLACK, WHITE, MALE, FEMALE CHILDREN EXITING SCHOOL BUS. 01:15:00 - SMALLER SCHOOL BUS RIDING THROUGH TOWN. REGULAR SIZE SCHOOL BUS ON ROAD, THROUGH SUBURBIA, STOPPING IN SCHOOL PARKING LOT 01:15:43 - MR. WALKER, SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, AND FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHER EXITS BUS FIRST, THEN HELP CHILDREN OUT OF BUS. 01:16:00 - CU ZOOM IN SAFE "DRIVER" BADGE ON WALKER'S SHIRT. 01:16:06 - CHILDREN EXITING SCHOOL BUS, TEACHER LINING THEM UP, MARCHING THEM OFF TO CLASSES. CU BUS DOOR CLOSES, BUS DRIVES OFF. 01:16:42 - SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, SIT IN CLASSROOM. GET FIRST AID, TRAFFIC LAW LESSONS FROM MIDDLE AGED UNIFORMED INSTRUCTOR. 01:16:55 - GAS STATION ATTENDANT PUMPS GAS INTO SCHOOL BUS. SCHOOL BUS GOING THROUGH CAR WASH. CU NOZZLES SPRAYING WATER ON BUS BUS WINDSHIELD WIPER WIPING OFF WATER POV INSIDE. SEVERAL MEN, WASHING WINDOWS, USING LONG SCRUB BRUSHES ON BUS. 01:17:15 - BUS FACING CAMERA, ON HYDRAULIC LIFT IN GARAGE. CU MONTAGE MECHANIC TESTING AIR IN TIRES, OIL LEVEL, FILING BATTERY WITH WATER, 01:17:25 - CU MECHANIC USES HYDRAULIC DRILL TO TIGHTEN NUTS ON TIRES. 01:17:31 - POLICE CAR PULLS UP BEHIND SCHOOL BUS AT STOP. POLICEMAN, WHOSE SPECIAL JOB IS CHECKING SCHOOL BUS SAFETY, GETS OUT, SHAKES HANDS WITH WALKER. CHECKS BUS AGAINST WRITTEN SCHEDULE ON CLIPBOARD. 01:17:55 - CU MONTAGE REAR LIGHTS FLASHING ON AND OFF AS OFFICER CHECKS TAIL LIGHTS, REAR SIGNAL LIGHTS. HE THEN CHECKS FRONT LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AGAINST SCHEDULE. 01:18:23 - MONTAGE BLACK, WHITE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL YARD PLAYING, ON SWINGS, BALANCE RINGS, VOLLEYBALL, MONKEY BARS. CU BOY FACING CAMERA JUMPS ROPE. VOICE OVER LOTS OF NOISY CHILDREN AT PLAY. 01:19:00 - CU VIEW BUS DRIVER AT WHEEL AS SEEN FROM UNDER DRIVER'S WHEEL. VIEW OF WHEEL AND DASH BOARD, POV DRIVER (WALKER). TILT UP TO LARGE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH WALKER AND CHILDREN, QUIETLY AT THEIR SEATS. 01:19:18 - CHILDREN, TEACHER, SITTING QUIETLY IN BUS. CHILDREN HERE ARE HELPERS BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTROL BEHAVIOR. 01:19:30 - CU BUS DRIVER LOOKS THROUGH SIDE VIEW MIRROR AS HE HEARS FIRE ENGINE SIREN. FIRE TRUCK RACING THROUGH SUBURBAN STREET, SIREN BLASTING. 01:19:46 - CU BUS DRIVER FOOT APPLYING BRAKES AS HE ALLOWS FIRE TRUCK TO PASS. FIRE TRUCK RACING TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:20:29 - CHILDREN, TEACHER IN CLASSROOM SEATED AT LONG, LOW TABLES. BOY BEHIND WALL FACADE WITH WINDOW LIFTS CURTAINS, WAVES TO OTHER KIDS IN CLASS. SAME BOY LEANS OUT WINDOW AT HOME, WAVES TO CAMERA. SAME BOY SITS IN BUS, WAVES WITHOUT STICKING HIS HAND OR HEAD OUTSIDE BUS. 01:20:58 - CU TRUCK PASSING BUS, TOWARDS CAMERA, BARLEY MISSES SIDE SWIPING BUS AS IT PASSES, THUS DEMONSTRATING DANGER OF BOY LEANING OUT WINDOW. 01:21:12 - CU MONTAGE CHILDREN AT TABLES DRAWING, WRITING DOING PROJECTS IN CLASSROOM. CU LITTLE GIRL'S ARM ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKS BALL OFF TABLE. SHE GETS OUT OF SEAT TO RETRIEVE IT. 01:21:46 - CU SCHOOL BUS WHEEL IN MOTION ZOOM AWAY BUS DRIVING DOWN STREET. - SAME GIRL IN BUS DROPS HER BALL IN AISLE AS BUS IS SPEEDING ALONG. SHE STAYS IN HER SEAT. 01:22:06 - BUS DRIVER SPOTS CAR BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN HIS PATH, (POV DRIVER), HONKS HORN, TURNS WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING CAR, APPLIES BRAKES CAUSING CHILDREN TO LURCH IN SEATS, DRIVES SAFELY BY. 01:22:29 - BOY BEHIND SALLY PICKS UP BALL AT HIS FEET, TAPS SALLY ON HEAD, GIVES HER BALL. VOICE OVER, "WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SALLY WAS OUT OF HER SEAT"? 01:22:48 - MONTAGE SCENES OF ALL CONTRIBUTORS AS BUS DRIVER'S HELPERS, INCLUDING TEACHER, WORKERS WASHING BUSES, MECHANICS SERVICING BUS, GAS ATTENDANT, POLICE OFFICER, AND COOPERATIVE CHILDREN. 01:23:39 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1491