| REMEMBER - SAFETY FIRST - ALWAYS Minister of Transport appeals for safer roads. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5516 |
| Catalog #: | 186384 | |
| Clip Number: | 186384-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/26 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:21 - 01:35:29 | |
| Location: | London, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Motoring, Car or motorcycle accident LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SAFETY: Road TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Misc | |
| Description: | GAZETTE "London - REMEMBER... SAFETY FIRST... ALWAYS! Pathe Gazette gladly co-operates to help Hon. Oliver Stanley M.P., Minister of Transport's nation-wide campaign to lessen Country's hideous road death toll." London. Close up shot of Minister of Transport, Oliver Stanley, seated at his desk talking to camera. He talks about the road death toll and propagates co-operation of every user of the road to bring safety on British roads. A car speeds down the road. Two men start crossing the road and car brakes and drives around them. Voice off screen says: "That was a close shave, was it?" Close up shot of one of the two men saying: "Yes, indeed it was." Shot of on car trying to pass another on the road while coming over the crest of a hill. Another car is headed the opposite direction, and an accident is narrowly avoided when one drives off the road. Close up on the earlier pedestrian who speaks of the extreme danger of overtaking a car on a bridge. The segment ends with the title: "REMEMBER... SAFETY FIRST... ALWAYS!" | |
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