Synopsis
Safety film targeted at railroad workers about how mental upsets can increase vulnerability to accidents. A newspaper reporter tries to reconstruct why a mysterious accident occurred. Filmed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California. Slow zoom into newspaper building “Valley Times” (identifiably in California) newspaper printing press, and newspapers coming off press (good) typewriter platen and keys writing news copy (good) Man gets into late 1960s-model sedan outside Valley Times office man in suit driving, seen from back seat and looking out front window Pan over highway construction site where work is not currently happening Zoom out from silver hearse to church building, people entering to attend funeral Dark shots inside church sanctuary, people at funeral Preacher at lectern: “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Pan over attendees in church man looking to side while he sits in church Cross on top of church Mike Miller, a railroad man, exits side door of house, sees hose coiled on ground, shakes his head and picks it up to stow properly. Katie Miller, age 12, walks out of side door eating apple, returns to get her sweater from mother Ethel Miller, Mike’s wife, exiting door Bud Miller, age 22, exits door and walks over to old yellow delivery van Katie wheels her bike out driveway, gets kiss from her smiling dad, exits Ethel Miller pruning her garden bushes building with CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL sign on wall California…
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- Running time
- 25 minutes
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- Prelinger Archives
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★★★★ · Duh duh duh duh duh duhhhhh · Spuzz · 2013-11-20
Interesting film about a news reporter who NEEDS to get down to a story about WHY a traffic accident happened, and the details leading up to it. After all, what else can you do when your covering a "community safety" beat? The reporter goes to a number of people who knew the family involved in the accident, (but don't (slight spoiler) go to the family itself. Here he meets several bad acting citizens of the community, giving us rashomonesque accounts of what happened leading up to it. Its all a little Dragnetish, until the conclusion where we figure out which family member(s) die in the…