American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol & Crossing Guard Promotional Film 50994 (1949)

Synopsis

This 1949 color film about the value of having school safety patrol boys is by Visa Films Visual Study Aids. A group of boys plays football on a front lawn. Another comes out the front door with crutches, wearing a leg cast. A mother sits in a chair and crochets before looking at a photo of her son. Elementary school children play by a busy intersection. Legs are shown running, a child lies as though dead in the street, children on the sidewalk are shocked, and a 1940s ambulance picks up the body ( 1:06 - 3:50 ). Individual boys wearing white safety patrol shoulder belts with a silver badge hold AAA STOP paddles; one stands in front of a 1940s Buick Roadmaster ( 5:45 - 5:22 ). A mother walks her young daughter down the sidewalk. School children in 1940s clothing are shown ( 5:23 - 6:58 ). A woman wears a 1940s hat with feathers ( 7:18 ). The mother fixes the daughter’s hair bows and allows her to walk to school. A young boy from next door takes her hand and they walk together. The school safety patrol boy watches as they approach the street crossing, stands in the road with his sign, and the children cross ( 7:55 - 8:59 ). Multiple safety patrol boys act as crossing guards for children. 1940s cars and trucks drive and make turns ( 9:00 - 9:48 ). The Xenia, Ohio City Hall building is shown. The Police Sergeant gets into a 1940s Ford Woodie Station Wagon with a spare tire on the rear ( 9:50 - 11:15 ). A group of safety patrol boys stand in front of the Woodie ( 11:32 ). He…

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Running time

24 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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