Teenage Road-e-o
"
Teenage Road-e-o is a short film from ca. 1957 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
03:39:17:09 Title credit high-angle shot of 1950s car weaving between barrels in car handling test.
03:39:39:17 VS Great moving camera shot through 1950s soda fountain, young couple moves from jukebox to look at poster on wall for the Teen-Age Road-e-o with a cartoon drawing of a 1950s Chrysler; young couple sits down at table boy sings “I am old car hand upon the Rio Grande”, couple clinks glasses of coke; boy turns around on his stool from soda fountain counter and asks couple “Hey, what gives chums? You got a license to be this happy?” 1950s red convertible speeds into parking spot at the Blackwelder’s Soda Fountain; teen in letterman jacket enters soda fountain, declares to his friends he is the best driver in town, is badgered by young woman who want go for a drive with teen in letterman jacket.
03:42:40:14 CU table with 1950s radios and clocks, loudspeaker, and plaques for the Teen-age Road-e-o.
03:43:19:00 Teenage high school students taking written exam at long table; MS two boys working on exam wearing white jackets.
03:43:25:00 CU disembodied hand holding pen filling out quiz with printed title National Teen-Age Road-e-o Written Quiz 1955 National Finals.
03:43:31:01 VS 1955 Chrysler driving through handling test course flagged off in open parking lot; large freight truck driving through handling test course.
03:44:08:02 Teenage boy talks to father in garage with saws and hammers hung up on wall in background; boy asks father if he can participate in the Teen-Age Road-e-o: “A rodeo, with automobiles, and you want my permission to go out and kill yourself, in what amounts to a game of chicken?” “Dad, the Jaycees are behind this, also Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Chrysler Corporation, the trucking industry, and the Pure Oil Company too, besides this is a safe driving competition” “Well, okay if I sign with my pencil?” “Sure pop!”
03:45:55:27 VS blonde teenager driving girl with short brown hair in red convertible; yellow stop sign; mother and daughter begin to cross the street; CU girl yells at boy as he tries to pass a truck at the stop sign; 1950s red convertible comes to screeching stop just before hitting mother and daughter cross street, large yellow truck for Smith’s Mayflower Storage Company at stops sign beside red car; boy runs out of car to make sure mother and daughter are alright; girl gets out of car yells at boy “you’ll never change”; CU frazzled teenager puts hand on forehand with distressed look on face.
03:47:06:07 CU newspaper article written by Charlie Taylor headline reads “Centerville Teen-Age Road-e-o Set Here Today.” 03:47:10:05 Low-angle shot of 1950s car slowly weaving between barrels.
03:47:50:00 CU boy in lettermen jackets receives plaque and shakes man’s hand.
03:48:08:24 CU newspaper article by journalist Charlie Taylor, headline reads “Local Boy Wins State Teen-Age Road-e-o.”
03:48:36:07 VS 1950s car driving through handling tests; car navigates between narrow row or white tennis balls, car hits ball; CU car slightly nicks flag, side of car reads “Teen-Age Road-e-o;” CU car bumper and front tires stops just before yellow line, man with ruler measures distance of bumper over yellow line.
03:49:24:28 Group of 4 teens seated at 1950s soda fountain counter, talk about the Teen-Age Road-e-o finals in Washington D.C.; girls jokes with teenage boy with Sandy about using is brain “Sandy’s starting to use what he’s got above the eyebrows.”
03:49:59:00 Great shot of red 1950s convertible driving up street toward camera with the White House in the background.
03:50:08:19 VS standing audience watches 1955 Chrysler with “Teen-Age Road-e-o” decal on its side navigate through course; judge measure car tire distance from yellow curb; boy in white jackets gets into car with Teen-Age Road-e-o sign on door, VS car weaving through barrels, POV shot from car slowly weaving between barrels,” car parallel parks between flags, man blows whistle when car hits flag.| Teenage Road-e-o | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Potomac Films |
Production company | Potomac Films |
| Distributed by | Potomac Films |
Release date | ca. 1957 |
Running time | 14:48 |
| Language | English |
- Thumbnail
"