A safety film combining wacky animated scenes of children in pain with real life footage of the same thing. Careless kids are the focus and as with most other Sid Davis safety films, the examples sited usually end in tragic cumuppence. Jimmy, the star of this film, runs into a tree, steps on a rusty nail, flies a kite in a rainstorm and gets buried alive. The narrator says: “Too bad.”
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ACMI Identifier
311372
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Ephemeral films
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Safety
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Outdoor recreation - Safety measures
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Recreation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Health and hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Recreation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Safety
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)