# 1960s DRIVER'S EDUCATION FILM " HAZARDS OF MOUNTAIN DRIVING " 61924

This mid-1960s color film about safely driving in mountains is “A Thru The Windshield Film”. A family gathers on the floor around a map. A finger traces the route past ‘Douglas Lodge EL 6100’ and view typed weather conditions (:25-:49). Coleman coolers are loaded into a 1960s Buick Sport Wagon (:50- 1:00 ). “Don’t Let Death Take Your Holiday” sign is shown, as is a newspaper clipping of deaths ( 1:44 - 1:55 ). A two-toned station wagon enters a garage and lifted. A hand checks the radiator, battery, and oil ( 1:57 - 2:35 ). The father loads tools, tire chains, rope, shovel, safety reflectors, trouble light, and jumper cables into the Buick ( 2:37 - 3:35 ). A double-yellow line with white-striped middle is shown from the driver’s point-of-view, followed by a stretch with white broken stripes, and one with no lines ( 3:37 - 4:29 ). The car passes ‘California 190’, ‘Watch for Livestock’, ‘Watch for Deer’, and the ‘Arrowhead Ranger Station San Bernardino National Forest’ signs ( 4:46 - 4:56 ). A foot presses the brake pedal and the 1960s speedometer drops ( 5:12 - 5:16 ). Signs shown are ‘Narrow Road Slide Area’, ‘Watch for Rocks’, ‘Narrow Bridge Ahead’, and ‘Slippery When Wet’ ( 5:21 - 5:36 ). Signs show Smokey the Bear saying ‘Remember Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires’ ( 6:05 ), followed by ‘No Smoking Due to Critical Fire Hazard’ ( 6:12 ). Smoke and flames burn in a forest fire ( 6:18 - 6:38 ). Trash and a ‘Unlawful to Dispose of Litter or Garbage along Highway $500 fine’…

- Kind: Educational
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/61924MountainDrivingVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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