Vintage Drivers Education Films

[Brian Austin]

"Live And Let Live" (1947)  Stop-motion animation using diecast toys (and model trains) on a miniature set with full scenery.

 

 

"Stop Look And Listen" (1967).  How do you produce a driver's education film using no cars?  In this case, creatively to a hilarious degree.

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Brian Austin

[Dave Van]

Went to school in the 70's....they were still using the 50's era Ohio State Patrol films of real wrecks.....most of the time very bloody! 

[Brian Austin]

They were still using those, or something similar in the 1980s.  Made me rather queasy.  Those films did point out to me though, that the cars of the '50s and '60s that I loved didn't fare so well in collisions, and that safety had come a long way.

[Brian Austin]

"Safe Roads" (1935).  Using trains as metaphor.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

3 hours ago, Dave Van said:

Went to school in the 70's....they were still using the 50's era Ohio State Patrol films of real wrecks.....most of the time very bloody! 

Signal 30 (1959) was the first of these, followed by Mechanized Death and Wheels of Tragedy. Red Asphalt was the California Highway Patrol's take, followed by four sequels.

[Snake45]

11 hours ago, Dave Van said:

Went to school in the 70's....they were still using the 50's era Ohio State Patrol films of real wrecks.....most of the time very bloody! 

Same here. Dunno how many of them we saw, I'd estimate at least 4-6. The only title I remember is Mechanized Death. Even in those days, long before I'd ever heard of Dave Barry, before Dana Loesch was even born, I thought that would be a great name for a rock band. 

[TonyK]

Don't remember the names of the films they showed us in high school in the 70's but we still did stupid things in our cars. Same goes with the health films and education they showed us to scare us about all the dangers of sex. We were teenagers and none of this bothered us.

[OldTrucker]

On 5/24/2023 at 1:27 AM, ChrisBcritter said:

Signal 30 (1959) was the first of these, followed by Mechanized Death and Wheels of Tragedy. Red Asphalt was the California Highway Patrol's take, followed by four sequels.

I remember them showing these films in drivers education. Most the girls had to leave the romm along with a couple of the guys!

[OldTrucker]

On 5/24/2023 at 10:07 AM, TonyK said:

Don't remember the names of the films they showed us in high school in the 70's but we still did stupid things in our cars. Same goes with the health films and education they showed us to scare us about all the dangers of sex. We were teenagers and none of this bothered us.

The second one you mention did not work with the wife and myself!LOL

[iamsuperdan]

On 5/23/2023 at 9:04 PM, Brian Austin said:

They were still using those, or something similar in the 1980s.  Made me rather queasy.  Those films did point out to me though, that the cars of the '50s and '60s that I loved didn't fare so well in collisions, and that safety had come a long way.

There's a good video floating around of a (if I recall correctly) late 50s Chev Impala or Malibu and an early 2000s Malibu or Impala, doing the offset front crash into each other. The 50s car did not win.

 

EDIT: found it.

 

 

[OldTrucker]

Poor old Chevy. One of my favorite years.

[89AKurt]

I graduated 1979.  The instructor for the Drivers Ed class would hang out in the hallway, and at the right moment would kick the steel trash can into the room.  Red Asphalt is a title I remember.  Didn't work for me either, yet here I am.