The Safest Place (1935)

★★★★★ · The Safest Place · Anatoon · 2009-12-19

Frankly I do not understand all the criticism of these short safety films. To nit pick all the little things that you find wrong with it is very petty. I wonder if the people that engage in this also do this at home to their spouse? If so that must be a miserable household. First you have to account that this is a short, they had to cram as much as they can into a small time frame. The had to get the message across and be entertaining. Second, Brad Pitt and color TV had not yet been invented. If you can't handle not having these modern touches the don't waste your time on old films of any…

★★★★ · A flawed message....but that's why we love it. · Karma Hawk · 2005-03-29

This is a promotional film by Chevorlet advertising thier new models as "The safest place you can be." However they really don't follow through on that as they then give you a bunch of driving tips to help you be a safe driver. The film also ends with a card telling people to get thier car checked every couple of years, which doesn't really help to bring the point home. The film starts out with a guy at home. singing in a bathtub and almost tripping on soap he then fixes a crooked picture on the wall and almost falls down, the point of this seems to be that your house is trying to kill you.…

★★★ · Forgettable, but still somewhat funny · GE_Pretzel · 2006-01-13

This brief, rudimentary promotional film from Chevrolet contends that its automobiles offer safety for its drivers and passengers, provided that everyone on the road is practicing proper driving habits. Although the suggestion that the automobile is a "living room on wheels" may be questionable to those who dislike the confines of the vehicle, the film does accomplish its purpose of highlighting some of the most important elements of careful driving. It also reveals to viewers the potential dangers posed by misplaced bars of soap.

★★★ · Soap dropping Alert! · Spuzz · 2004-06-20

In a film that must've been concieved seconds after 'Safe Roads' wrapped production, the film opens up with a ship bobbing up and down in the ocean, with a sea-fairing song unfamiliar to me. It then dissolves into a man singing that song while in the tub. He drops the soap on the floor, which he doesnt notice, and steps out of the tub, still singing, but just narrowly missing the soap. He then, still singing, goes down the stairs, narrowly missing toys on the stairs, and uses a broken stepladder, missing the broken steps. THEN we go to the focus of the film, that you're more safer in your car…