Anyone at All: Safety in the Community (1954)

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shadow of kid on tricycle; boy on tricycle rides past camera; shot from tricycle, car enters frame with headlight at eye level; cuts to broken class with title text Anyone at All! Man walks out door of house carrying basket, takes several steps down stairs then falls. little boy looks out window and announces “He’s here, he’s here everybody!”; everyone in house takes hiding places; boy opens door, family yells surprise but there is a stern police officer at door. fallen 4-way stop sign on side of road; camera pans up to speeding car; inside car about to collide with oncoming car; foot slams on break; puddle splashes; camera spinning; overturned car. large saw blade; man in turn of the century clothes installs wood safety for protection from blade; man uses saw to cut log. hands stenciling “Watch Your Step” on curb. Police officer with whistle in mouth directing traffic. Tow truck pulling total car parks in front of high school; teenagers put up sign over totaled car “Join Teen-Age Safety Committee” hands typing on typewrites, pulls paper out of typewriter and passes it to young man working on printing press. newspaper front page headline of The Morning Star “Student Spark Safety Drive.” hand holding phone off hook dials on rotary dial of 1950s telephone the lifts phone to ear. hand in black glove presses doorbell. machine spitting out letter envelopes. bass drum in marching band; high school marching band led by baton twirlers followed by parade; camera cuts into the dark…

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22 minutes

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Prelinger Archives

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