Before seat belts were standard issue a drivers only protect was themselves. Great collection of driver education films and driver safety films with a focus on avoiding accidents. Accidents Films Table of Contents:
(1) And Then There Were Four - This film is from the safe driving genre (some fun educational videos), but it has many extras in it that make it a cut above average. Famous actor Jimmy Stewart narrates, introducing four unrelated people who are going to be filmed for one day. Stewart informs the audience that by the end one of them will die in a car accident. They each drive different cars or have different car safety features, any of which could lead to bad car accidents: one drives a hotrod, one has faulty brakes. The suspense is heightened effectively by knowing ahead of time that only one group will die, and guessing at which one. A fine example of 1940s melodrama, And Then There Were Four explores safe driving topics as well as the risk factors of driving. Of the many Jimmy Stewart narrations, this film about unsafe car dangers is highly entertaining.
Length: 00:25:00
(2) Anatomy of an Accident - A man killed in an accident comes back as a ghost to teach driver safety.
Length: 00:26:50
(3) How to Avoid an Accident is a classic promotional film that pushes the latest in tire technology: Super Squeegee Tires. Interesting for its classic cars and historical look at automotive innovation, the film also features some fantastic car crash scenes. Animation is also used to demonstrate the horrors of vehicular accidents and the danger they pose to the driver, the unsuspecting pedestrian, and children. How to Avoid an Accident smacks of campy 1940s dryness and rigid word view.
Length: 00:9:26
Total run time is approximately 1 hour
