Safety Through Seat Belts
Safety Through Seat Belts is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
| Safety Through Seat Belts | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Charles Cahill |
Production companies | Cahill (Charles) And Associates, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Cahill (Charles) And Associates, Inc. |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 13:03 |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
Utilizes anthropometric dummies in test collisions to prove that seat belts can minimize occupant injury.
09:01:49:06 VS aerials of fighter jet planes; U.S. Navy planes flying in various formations executing impressive maneuvers; VS Navy planes on the runway; pilot taxiing plane on runway waves from cockpit to wife and two children standing on runway alongside late1950s car- probably a Plymouth with large tail-fins; VS pilot disembarks plane and steps into driver�s seat of 1950s car with wife in front seat and kids in the back; CU man buckles his seat belt.
09:03:39:27 Late 1950s Plymouth drives across runway with dozens of parked Navy fighter jets; car pulls on to road
09:04:06:22 Line graph shows number of car-related injuries increasing from 1925 to 1960, graph blows-up in animated cartoon cloud of smoke followed by the number �1,500,000� superimposed over graph; VS graphic stills of people injured at car wreck scenes and police officers helping them.
09:05:08:08 LS The Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering at the University of California
09:05:28:27 Low-angle shot of man wearing white jumpsuit and aviator sun glasses waving a flag.
09:05:32:09 � 09:09:37:27 High-angle shot through fish-eye lens of two cars approaching each other about to collide in crash test; ground level shot of two cars colliding in crash test, both cars flip; VS crash test dummies in battered car; VS scientists checking the crash test dummies; VS scientists preparing vehicle for crash test; CU disembodied hand adjusts instruments on panel made by Hathaway Instrument Company in dashboard of crash test car; pan up ladder extending from car to man adjusting camera installed on a beam for overhead shot of crash; VS men setting up cameras to record crash test, adjust crash-test dummies and various instruments of measurement in preparation for crash-test; VS second crash test; SLO MO footage of two cars colliding in test; VS crash-test dummies after crash
09:09:38:00 CU disembodied hands screwing lets into movie camera.
09:09:50:08 VS crash-test collision, two cars collide, one flips.
09:10:02:13 Shot from backseat of 1950s car with crash-test dummy in driver�s seat; VS overhead SLO MO shot of two cars colliding in crash-test, road and sides of cars marked for measurement purposes, great shot from back seat of crash-test car as car is hit, dummy falls out of frame; overhead shot of collision; great shot POV shot from inside crash-test car as car flips
09:10:47:29 CU spinning wheel of overturned car, pan over wrecked car; VS damaged crash-test dummies in wrecked cars after collision; VS scientist investigate wreckage of crash-test cars, crash-test car is towed away
09:12:13:22 California Highway Patrol building
09:12:19:25 CU California Highway Patrol logo on door of late 1950s early 1960s police car, car drives away from camera up street.
09:12:28:03 MS man wearing helmet is strapped in to his seat; CU man wearing helmet strapped to the headrest of his seat; LS jet-powered vehicles takes off down track; vehicle comes to halt at end of track kicking up lots of water.
09:12:51:13 VS LS the Capital Building in Washington D.C.
09:13:06:06:28 Woman driving late 1950s convertible drives up street away from camera toward mountains, possibly in California or Nevada.
09:13:17:20 CU Seat belt strapped around man's waist driving car.
09:13:20:02 Tracking shot late 1950s to early 1960s Plymouth driving through suburban neighborhood; car in driveway, father in military uniform lifts up his son and walks with his wife and daughter into their home
09:13:32:22 LS late 1950s to early 1960s car driving on what looks like California highway about to pass under highway interchange; busy highway, probably in late 1950s; tracking shot late 1950s car drives on scenic strip of highway through forested area, car speeds up and pulls out of frame; great tracking shot car passes through tunnel