Semi Trucks & Truck Driver Driver's Education Film " Knights of the Highway " 50814 (1952)

Synopsis

This 1952 black and white film about the adventures of being a long-haul truck driver was written and directed by Arthur Cohen, and narrated by Ed Herlihy. Various 1940s and 1950s semi-trucks pass the camera, with a close-up of rolling tires of the 1950s White 3000 Cabover Tractor Trailer, shown for much of the film. The driver in the cab wears a white shirt, tie, and brimmed hat (:29-:54). A view of an interstate is shown ( 1:02 ). A traffic officer directs at a downtown intersection ( 1:22 - 1:31 ). A New Jersey Highway 17 sign is shown ( 1:32 ). A woman with a steaming car engine flags the semi down, who uses a fire extinguisher to put it out ( 2:00 - 2:33 ). The camera rides parallel to the cab ( 2:35 - 2:40 ). A woman in a 1940s Ford convertible is out of gas on the railroad tracks. The dashboard is shown close-up. The semi pushes the car to safety just before a passenger train crosses ( 2:42 - 3:30 ). The car ahead of the semi is driving erratically as the driver falls asleep. The driver pulls the horn cord and the horns are shown ( 3:36 - 4:05 ). A car barely passes the semi before oncoming traffic. Another passing car doesn’t make it and the crash is shown. The truck driver gets out and pulls a man out. The road sign says “Drive Careful Death Rides the Curves” ( 4:12 - 4:55 ). The trucker illegally passes on a curve, which is recorded on a car dash video camera by a hired security service to record first-time drivers and shown to the driver ( 4:57 - 6:00 ). The…

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Running time

17 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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