Herb Elliott says 'Take five and stay alive'

Herb Elliott is shown breaking the four minute mile and discussing his training. Just as poor training and condition can cause an injury which will put a runner out for the season, so a faulty motor and bad driving can put a driver and others out, perhaps for life.

Credits

production company

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

Cinesound

Duration

00:02:12:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1959

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010544

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobile driving

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road safety

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic accidents - Prevention

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Automobile driver education

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Road safety

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Traffic accidents - Prevention

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1959

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