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Safe Driving: Advanced Skills and Problems (1951)

1951 · Short film · 10 min

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This black and white 1951 educational classroom film produced by David A. Smart for Coronet Films provides instructional pointers on driver’s safety, using contemporary automobiles in a series of cautionary demonstrations on California roads (TRT: 10:42). Opening titles: “A Coronet Film'' and “Educational Collaborator A.R. Lauer, Ph.D., Director of the Driver Training Laboratory, Iowa State College” (0:06). Station wagons parked outside a roadside motor inn or motel lodge, “Waterman’s” (0:24). A 1949 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe drives away (0:38). Closeup on a young man, “Tom,” at the wheel of the automobile. He sports a slicked-back hairdo and a plaid shirt (0:46). A driver’s view of winding mountain roads. Hands on the steering wheel, a thumb sounds the horn. A blind curve (0:51). Shifting into a lower gear. Driving down a curving hill (1:06). A leather boot taps the brake pedal (1:22). The Chevy Styleline stops for a disabled vehicle with a dented fender. A young woman and her companion, holding a baby, are busy changing a flat tire, improperly using a jack. Back on the road, icy patches and snowy curves. Tall trees dot the mountainsides (2:10). The car pulls over at an icy patch. Chains are applied to the tires. A disabled 1940s “woody” station wagon is seen spinning its wheels along the snowy roadside (2:38). The owner of the woody places a burlap sack under a rear tire to create traction. The chains are demonstrated to be superior (3:06). A high-altitude mountain view…

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Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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