Nightmare For The Bold (Pt 1)

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Nightmare For The Bold (Pt 1) is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

A car crash at night with four occupants. An intense safety film produced for the U.S. Air Force by the Atlas Film Corporation.

Nightmare For The Bold (Pt 1)
Produced byAtlas Film Corporation
Production
company
Atlas Film Corporation
Distributed byAtlas Film Corporation
Release date
1959
LanguageEnglish
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FROM THE NAVIGATION SERIES NIGHTMARE FOR THE BOLD

53 MIN 16MM FILM OPT SD B & W 1959 PRODUCER USAF TITLE NO 002602 RL

DRAMATIZES EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A FICTIONAL MAN MIKE ADAMS WHO MUST LEARN TO LIVE WITH A LIFETIME OF REGRET AS THE RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

THIS HAS BEEN DECLARED OBSOLETE FOR USE WITHIN THE SPONSORING AGENCY

Shot List

Car crash at night with four occupants. Intense, drawn-out safety film.

04:00:52:05 CU Air Force officer makes speech; LS audience of Air Force soldiers. “This is a terrible thing to say, but it’s true. It’s young men such as you, 18 to 25 years old, who are doing most of the killing. You, American boys, airmen, soldiers, sailors, civilians, marines, college boys; you are killing your own people, and yourselves. You are killing American women, American men, American children; not with guns, with automobiles.”

04:02:39:01 CU inside Select-O-Matic jukebox mechanism selecting record and beginning to play.

04:02:52:17 Couples dancing in late 1950s nightclub; one couple takes spotlight on dance floor.

04:07:23:04 Man about to take shot of whisky with two friends before girlfriend stops him; man decides against taking the drink.

04:10:40:27 Two young couples driving in late 1950s convertible singing “she’ll be coming around the mountain when she comes.”

04:11:18:08 CU Car’s speedometer at 60 mph.

04:11:43:19 POV shot from back of convertible at night, car headlights coming from other direction rapidly approach; CU woman’s face smiling and singing, suddenly turns to terror just before car collision; black out screen to shot of undercarriage of car turned on its side.

04:13:32:02 VS bandaged man in hospital bed interviewed about his drunk driving accident by police office and army officer; man in hospital bed begins to panic and hyperventilate when he learns of his friends injuries and manslaughter charges against him; officers leave and man’s fathers enters room and bandaged man covers face with arm and breaks down crying, nurse enters frame and injects man with sedative.

04:18:58:19 Air Force soldier enters dormitory style bedroom acting nervous and anxious, stands by window biting fingers.

04:22:51:03 CU hands caressing hand gun; camera pulls back to show man in white undershirt contemplating suicide; soldier walks in on him.

04:25:31:27 Man finds gun under friends pillow, other man panics when he sees friend has found the gun; man talks his friend out of suicide.

04:27:28:14 Court room scene in drunk driving case; prosecutor tells jury defendant was drunk; VS jury reactions to lawyers accusations.

04:30:37:23 Jurors debate case in jury room.

04:31:39:02 MS Wall clock reads 2:54; then 3:06.

04:32:08:10 MS Angry man (juror) yells to camera “He killed one man, he broke another man’s neck, he mutilated his fiancé…”

04:32:27:24 Soldier in nervous panic waiting for jury’s verdict, seated with another soldier and father; man nervously smokes cigarette.

04:33:05:20 CU convicted man’s father with face of son along edge of frame; father says to son “Whatever the jury says, remember, you are not a criminal. Whatever the verdict-“ man breaks down crying before he can finish sentence.

04:33:16:28 VS jury debates drunk driving case in jury assembly room; CU man in outburst “But he killed a man didn’t he!?”, man smoking cigar in frame; CU man waving pen “We cannot talk as if it were murder”; CU man smiling with cigarette smoke rising into frame “I did it when I was young”; CU angry man “But you didn’t kill anybody!”; CU angry woman in glasses “You didn’t cut off a girls leg!”; CU man points at camera “Maybe he’ll kill you the next time!”

04:34:11:03 Jury returns to courtroom and is seated; defendant sands; representative of the jury reads verdict that defendant is found not guilty.

04:34:45:13 CU Judge hammering gavel on table.

04:37:11:24 Woman opens front door of house to soldier, woman tells soldier to get out; man comes to door and grabs soldier by necktie slaps him in the face and tries to strangle the man; CU soldier struggling and father crying in rage.

04:38:54:17 Soldier looks down with sad nervous look; CU empty slipper, audio track music makes shock and horror sound.

04:42:34:29 Man smoking pipe works at desk in dark room by desk lamp, camera slowly moves in on man in bed with alarm clock on nightstand, light flashes over sleeping man; out of focus dream sequence of courtroom scene, audio with heavy reverb adds to surreal dream quality of scene; camera pulls back from man in bed having nightmare; father wakes his son up, son looks at clock on his nightstand; father offers son pills, son passes. VS Man in underwear and undershirt, smokes cigarette sitting on edge of bed, talks to father smoking pipe.

04:48:53:12 Soldier stands before army commander seated at desk. Portrait of Eisenhower on back wall.

04:59:55:09 CU newly married couple kiss at wedding.

04:51:49:11 Greyhound bus leaves station, four people wave as it pulls out, greyhound bus cuts across frame.

04:52:45:15 Shot from inside bus window passing police directing traffic, and ambulance bringing stretch to scene of car wreck.

Credits

Training film TF1-5301. Air photographic and charting service (MATS).

Director
Albert Bradish

See Also