Synopsis
LUCKY YOU is an animated short safety film from 1956, “presented in the Interest of Safe Living and Education by Your Coca-Cola Bottler,” that educates viewers—primarily children—on safe ways to avoid injuries from sharp objects, falling, shooting, hot objects, and crashes. The film uses an animated circus featuring “the most unusual injury defying death defying creatures in the universe”: the “Cutabus,” the “Fallabus,” the “Shootabus,” the “Burnabus,” and the “Hitabus” to present each area of danger. The narrator discuses how human skin is prone to cuts and wounds from carless handling of knives or jagged cans; a person demonstrates how to cut away from the body, as well as returning tools and knives where they go. The “Fallabus” character ( 03:50 ) has a gravity resister to avoid injuries from falling. However, people do not. A boy climbs a tree ( 04:05 ). The narrator talks about crashing and falling. A montage of children and people climbing steps, branches, and more show the potential dangers of a fall. A girl ( 05:14 ) climbs on a chair in the kitchen to take out a dish from the cupboard. Ladder safety is discussed, as a boy safely repositions the legs of his ladder on a wooden board. “Shootabus” ( 07:16 ) is a perforated character that can take a shot. The film covers basic gun safety. Boys shoot BB guns; a girl uses a bow to shoot an arrow; a boy fires his slingshot. “Burnabus” cannot be burned ( 09:14 ), unlike humans. Women relax on beach ( 09:28 ) as the narrator…
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- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage