Anyone at All: Safety in the Community
Anyone at All: Safety in the Community is a short film from 1954 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
01:35:13:26 CU shadow of kid on tricycle; boy on tricycle rides past camera; POV shot from tricycle, car enters frame with headlight at eye level; cuts to broken class with title text Anyone at All!
01:35:43:10 Man walks out door of house carrying basket, takes several steps down stairs then falls.
01:37:48:23 CU little boy looks out window and announces He s here, he s here everybody! ; everyone in house takes hiding places; boy opens door, family yells surprise but there is a stern police officer at door.
01:39:22:29 CU fallen 4-way stop sign on side of road; camera pans up to speeding car; POV inside car about to collide with oncoming car; CU foot slams on break; CU puddle splashes; camera spinning; CU overturned car.
01:41:03:05 CU large saw blade; man in turn of the century clothes installs wood safety for protection from blade; man uses saw to cut log.
01:41:30:27 CU hands stenciling Watch Your Step on curb.
01:42:19:29 Police officer with whistle in mouth directing traffic.
01:43:38:12 Tow truck pulling total car parks in front of high school; teenagers put up sign over totaled car Join Teen-Age Safety Committee
01:43:55:27 CU hands typing on typewrites, pulls paper out of typewriter and passes it to young man working on printing press.
01:44:11:21 CU newspaper front page headline of The Morning Star Student Spark Safety Drive.
01:44:16:03 CU hand holding phone off hook dials on rotary dial of 1950s telephone the lifts phone to ear.
01:44:20:05 CU hand in black glove presses doorbell.
01:44:34:25 CU machine spitting out letter envelopes.
01:44:40:22 CU bass drum in marching band; high school marching band led by baton twirlers followed by parade; camera cuts into the dark shadow inside tuba.
01:44:55:15 CU News paper front page headline in The Morning Star High School Driving Class Opens--Mayor to Speak
01:46:29:16 Man working with large drill in factory; lifts protective mask to look at metal piece shown to him by coworker; man forgetting to put face mask back over face, bends down to look at machine and has sprayed in eye by scrap metal.
01:46:57:17 Man in doctors office with wife watching has bandage covering his eyes removed by doctor; CU doctor waves hands in front of man s eyes, man shakes his head no; wife holding blind man wearing sunglasses and coat as the exit building.
01:47:44:24 Blind man wearing sunglasses holding cane feels his way through a dark factory; security guards asks man what he s doing, man answers Hi Charley, I just came to see if to see if man breaks down slamming machine with his hand and ask security guard to take him home.
01:49:16:01 Men in factory inspecting machinery; man bends down and tags machine with Danger Do Not Operate tag; women works on assembly line.
01:49:43:24 CU piece of metal sparking as it is sanded on machine; man working on machine flinches; looks up to camera with one goggle lens shattered; man takes off goggles and winks at camera.
01:50:42:04 Man in flannel shirt carries barrel over should, tries to climb up ladder into barn, slips and falls; man lying on ground beneath ladder.
01:52:24:11 Couples slow dancing in living room.
01:53:18:01 Man tends to woman with eyes closed in hospital bed.
01:53:32:16 Woman in 1950s dress stand in living room at social gathering and announces Remember the summer we all went riding at Pt. Pleasant, that was such fun , voice from out of frame Yes it was such fun wasn t it camera pans over to woman in wheel chair such fun. Such fun to ride, swim dance nobody means anything every. You all say Laura s so brave, she s holding up so well, a gem, she s so wonderful, we must all try to make believe it didn t happen. Well it did happen. It did happen. Can t you understand! And I m not brave, I m not brave at all! women in wheel chair breaks down; house empties out.
01:55:55:12 Camera slowly approaches table with framed portrait of man in army uniform beside phone under spotlight in otherwise dark room.
01:56:13:08 Man in sunglasses under spotlight in dark room; women in wheelchair in dark room under spotlight says sometimes you feel as though you don t want to live, but you get over that camera begins to pull back and audio track begins eerie use of reverb, woman continues what you don t get over is the idea you know most people have, because you had it once too. It doesn t happen to me, it will be someone else. But the truth is it may be you, anyone, anyone at all might be in my place right now , camera zooms in on empty wheelchair under spotlight, man s shadow crawls up wheelchair.| Anyone at All: Safety in the Community | |
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| Produced by | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films |
Production company | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films |
| Distributed by | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films |
Release date | 1954 |
Running time | 21:55 |
| Language | English |
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