Safety First in the news
Safety Town welcomes visitors for sneak peek
The Frisco Enterprise - Jan 01 11:20 PM The Frisco Fire Department's Safety Town greeted its first "residents" recently in preparation for the full grand opening of the tiny city.
Road Safety Week kickstarts in city
Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Jan 01 11:18 AM COMMISSIONER of Police Dhananjay Jadhav inaugurated the Road Safety week at the office of traffic police on Sadhu Vaswani Road on Monday. Each year, the road safety week is celebrated in the first week of January to create awareness amongst motorists to follow traffic rules. This year, the highlight of the week-long awareness programme is a Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) bus decorated ...
New Law Requires Golden Gate Bridge Safety Improvements
KRON 4 Bay Area - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago Posted January 2, 2007 at 7:55 p.m. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (KRON) -- If you drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, your commute could soon be changing. A new state law now in effect requires Caltrans to create a Safety Awareness Program.
Safety First column: Sprinklers considered for new rental units
Green Bay Press-Gazette - Jan 02 2:09 AM Public hearings were held Dec. 21 in Madison regarding the adoption of Building Codes that would require residential sprinkler systems in all new multifamily buildings with three or more rental units.
- Safty First
Here is an article on Safety First.
| Your safety first |
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| Directed by |
George Gordon |
| Produced by |
Automobile Manufacturers of America |
| Written by |
Norman Wright |
| Distributed by |
Automobile Manufacturers Saftey First of America |
| Release date(s) |
1956 |
| Running time |
12:43 min. |
| Language |
English |
| IMDb profile |
Your Safety First was a 1956 promotional cartoon created Safey First by the Automobile Manufacturers of America. The 13 minute short set in the year 2000 explains the history Safet First of the automobile and the improvements to comfort, performance, and safety that have been Saefty First made over the years. It is notable that the Jetsons borrowed heavily on the ideas presented in the cartoon including a 3 hour work day, automated flying cars, and robotic arms performing most tasks.
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Your Safety First opens with a newspaper from the distant future of October 5, 2000 with headlines reading "Space Travel to Mars" and "tax cuts". The protagonist of the short begins by debating whether to buy a new car or not as his family watches 3-D television. A show then comes on explaining the history of the automobile. The show within the show moves through the beginning of the 20th century starting with hand cranking cars and topless buggies. The clip moves through the decades explaining new inventions like windshield wipers and suspension systems. At the close of the short the character shown in the flashback history of the automobile jumps into a flying car and drives off.
External links
- Your Safety First at the Internet Movie Database
- Your Safety First at Archive.org
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