I just caught this on YouTube. Jimmy Stuart narrates. Life was so different back then, although some things never change. It starts out light hearted but things turn grim pretty quick. The ending was not what I expected.
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It Was Only A Minor Violation
boblipton2 April 2024
Five people in Los Angeles get up and start out to drive to their day. One is looking for a job. Several have jobs. We get to see them, their families, what sort of people they are: nice people. After ten minutes, we are told that one won't be coming home that evening.
The movie goes on for another fifteen minutes, while the audience wonders. We get to see their "minor violations". The woman looking for a job gets it. The older man gets sent to driver's education.
It's one of the best driver's safety movies I have ever seen because it humanizes the people, and shows the consequences not in ketchup spilled on the road to simulate blood, but in the reactions of the people waiting for them. James Stewart's folksy, kindly narration is a big plus too.
The movie goes on for another fifteen minutes, while the audience wonders. We get to see their "minor violations". The woman looking for a job gets it. The older man gets sent to driver's education.
It's one of the best driver's safety movies I have ever seen because it humanizes the people, and shows the consequences not in ketchup spilled on the road to simulate blood, but in the reactions of the people waiting for them. James Stewart's folksy, kindly narration is a big plus too.
car driving short
SnoopyStyle25 October 2023
This is narrated by James Stewart and sponsored by a couple of oil companies. The start reminds me of Our Town. Jimmy tells the stories of five drivers with various issues. He reveals that one of them will not return home.
The acting is all second rate like most industrial educational films. The Jimmy Stewart narration does shock me out of my boredom. Otherwise, this is boring. I would have expected at least a great car crash. All they deliver is an overturned car being set on fire. It's not the action that I needed. They try to generate some tension over the mystery of the one. Only I couldn't care less.
The acting is all second rate like most industrial educational films. The Jimmy Stewart narration does shock me out of my boredom. Otherwise, this is boring. I would have expected at least a great car crash. All they deliver is an overturned car being set on fire. It's not the action that I needed. They try to generate some tension over the mystery of the one. Only I couldn't care less.
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