A fantasy which employs fun-loving Hector the Cat to teach children road safety rules. Hector is a giant cat who lives in the botanical gardens and loves to play with the children who visit him there. He leads them in an assortment of colourful games, but comes to a bad end because he forgets his road safety rules.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013776
Language
English
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 0-6
Childrens Films → Children's films - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic safety
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Traffic safety
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan