News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2177A

Date Released

25 Feb 1971

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Grand National Horses
• 2. Rocking Horse Hospital
• 3. Louis Osman Gold Exhibition
• 4. Road Sense

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road Sense. DESCRIPTION: A round up of road sense. From Italy, proof that we’re not the only nation to suffer from motorway madness. When fog descends on the autostrades of Milan the multiple pile-ups begin. A British garage chain introduces a do-it-yourself service system for motorists. You can hire the repair bays and the tools and get on with the job. School-children in Sussex learn to drive safely on Goodwood Race Track and in France a demonstration of a new braking system which automatically avoids dangerous skidding. Let’s hope after this you’ll drive home safely from the cinema. SHOTLIST: GV 2 shots cars along foggy motorway near Milan. Travel shot along ditto. GV cars along motorway. GV pan wrecked cars & firemen on side of motorway. SV smashed up car. 4 shots wrecked cars. (76’) Do It Yourself Garage LV pan as car drives into garage. CU sign auto cars. GV 2 cars in garage being serviced by owners. CU girl checking engine. CU sign Rentabay 5. CU man checks underside of car. SV underside of car pan up to exhaust. CU pan diagram - from coil to plugs & distributor. GTV two men work on their cars. CU unscrewing plugs. CU man. SV as plug taken out & gap tested. (57’). Children Learn to Drive GV interior classroom - children instructed by policeman. SV boys listening. CU boy. SCU policeman holds damaged tyre. CU boy. SV interior boys get into cars at Goodwood Track. SV ditto. GV boys drive round track. CU interior of car. CU steering wheel. CU gear lever as boy changes gear. SV pan car drives past. CU interior instructor gives tuition. CU tutor. CU boy driving pan to steering wheel. SV pan car drives past. CU boy’s reflection in mirror. (69’). Skid Tests Travel shot track ahead. GV car drives towards at speed brakes & skids. CU interior of car with driver in crash helmet. SV pan car brakes, does not skid. LV pan car at speed, brakes & skids into line of markers. LV pan ditto but car does not skid. SV men put polystyrene cow on track. LV pan car drives towards cow, brakes & misses cow. CU interior driver at wheel. LV car drives towards cow, brakes & crashes into cow. (74’).

Keywords

Education and training; Vehicles; Weather; Curiosities; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Police; Road transport; Accidents and disasters

Locations

France; Italy; Sussex; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Various

Card file number

96831

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

275

Story extras:

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