Sid Davis Teenager Scare Educational 40 Vintage Films On 5 DVDs 8 hours

Description: Please read & note: This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed. I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally re-mastered. I re-master all of my films myself to the best possible quality achievable. My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs. To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. (See picture) Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable. All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. This listing is for all 5 volumes of my Sid Davis DVDs on 5 DVDs. Total Runtime of all 5 DVDs is 8 hours The 40 films are: 　 Volume 1 Film 1: Age 13 (1955) COLOR Runtime 26 minutes The inner life of an "at-risk" teenager, told in an idiosyncratic and often surreal manner. A key film by Sid Davis, who is beginning to emerge as one of the great unsung talents of educational filmmaking. Shot in working-class Inglewood, Hollywood and other parts of the Los Angeles basin. Simply awesome melodrama about a kid who loses his mother and then starts his downward spiral, striking everything in his path down. I am guessing this was the coup de grace for Sid Davis, as this film tries with some really creative cinematography, angles and acting from the lead, who was REALLY quite good. Unfortunately, everything else suffers (but in a good way). The dubbed voices sound like they are coming from 2 people only, the other actors in the cast don't shine as the lead. I can't recommend this movie enough, and of course is a MUST SEE! Release Date: 1955 Entered the Public Domain: 1983 Film 2: Big Man On Campus (1958) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Tells the story of Jerry Warner, a junior high school student who finds himself in trouble with the authorities and realizes that it is his own attitude and behavior that have caused his predicament. Produced with the cooperation of the Los Angeles City School District, the Inglewood Unified School District, and the Inglewood Police Department. Poor kid, after doing such dastardly deed as spray-painting a lab coat, throwing a milk box at a fellow student and driving a bike with no hands into oncoming traffic, the kid then gets what is coming to him from the Vice principal, ah but wait, the kid has thought it over on how rotten he was and is given a second chance. This Sid Davis film has a good message. Release Date: 1958 Entered the Public Domain: 1986 Film 3: Boys Beware (1961) B&W Runtime 10 minutes This is a great film to alert our children the dangers of doing anything with a stranger, especially if a stranger approaches the child. Strangers who are consider a person whom we don't know about especially when meeting for the first time. There are more men out there with tendencies to sexually molest our boys because the homosexual lifestyle is more open and with our government giving into new laws. Certainly one knows when a boy has been sexually assaulted that he will remember it for many years to come and eventually it will change his life and behavior in a way that could eventually loose his morals and ruin his life. This is the main reason why homosexuality is bad and why it is a sin. This is a good film to instruct our kids not to have anything to do with strangers, especially if the guy makes any moves or ill advances towards him, get out, escape when you can. Report the man to authorities. This is an excellent must see film to show in the schools to teach children to protect themselves. Release Date: 1961 Entered the Public Domain: 1989 　 Film 4: Girls Beware (1961) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Like its precursor Name Unknown (1951), Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. Covers do's and don'ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the 'PICK UP' and the girls who go with boys that are too old. Great little scare film, underscored with a great music score, teaches kids about the dangers of catching rides with strangers, letting strangers into the house, talking to strange people, and, in the best and last part, dating older boys. With a cast of unbelievably homely girls and horny boys, this film will not disappoint. All is told at the last part of the last segment.. You'll find yourself in "trouble", be taken out of school, and put under the care of the Juvenile Authority. Release Date: 1961 Entered the Public Domain: 1989 Film 5: Dangerous Stranger (1950) B&W Runtime 9 minutes Another gem by Sid Davis. If you have followed his driving films closely, you'll know that hitchhiking is bad because of course, the driver may be a dangerous driver, kids are always quick to write down license plate numbers, all sorts of weird people hang out at the movie theater and never trust men with pencil mustaches. What you probably didn't know (and is news to me) that strangers can hang out in alleys ready to offer up swell pocketknives, that no matter how often you tell kids, they'll still go off with strangers, and that the cops will give you a manilla folder for your parents to take hope afterwards. Executive produced by John Wayne. Did you know that? Highly Recommended! Release Date: 1950 Entered the Public Domain: 1978 Film 6: The Strange Ones (1950) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Communicates through a child's eyes the problem of molestation. A little girl is rescued by the police who explain to her how to avoid dangerous situations and how to deal with them when they arise. The Strange Ones follows the grand tradition of many other Sid Davis movies. Karen is 8-years old and every day, she passes this store with the wonderful candy counter. All is well, and the music is chirpy and cheerful. But then without warning, Karen accepts candy from a stranger (really!) and follows the stranger into a car. Only the heroics of the Culver City police department save Karen. The topic here is pedophilia, with the pedophiles euphemistically called strange ones. The narrator, a policewomen, states: Most people in the world are good and nice, but unfortunately, there are some 'strange ones. And these strange ones are sick, not sick with the cold or measles or anything like that, but sick in the mind. We call them MENTALLY ILL." The world of Sid Davis is a harrowing place for children. Lurking in empty lots, playgrounds, and alleys are strange ones with accompanying horror music. The Strange Ones follows a very similar formula as that other Sid Davis classic, "Boys Beware," and I consider it a classic example of Sid Davis's children-in-danger genre. This film is a must see! Release Date: 1950 Entered the Public Domain: 1978 Film 7: Gossip (1953) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes In this beautiful looking Sid Davis film we join a parent principal conference in progress. Jean (who, oddly enough, is the name of the gossip-catcher in Centron's 'The Gossip") has to quit school. Why? She's the victim of nasty rumors that she "parks in cars with boys". We then see the horrid details of how this all took place. You see, Jean was the victim of a boy who's tried to make the move on her, humiliated by this, he makes up a story about her, which naturally travels like wildfire. We then cut back to the conference room, and the principal says to hold off on it. The principal then talks to the guy who made up the rumor and says to tell the truth to all the students he told it to, which he obliges. May be true in the 50's, but I imagine would be dealt with today by telling Jean to deal with it herself. Highly recommended. Release Date: 1953 Entered the Public Domain: 1981 　 Film 8: Live and Learn (1951) B&W Runtime 12 minutes Endlessly entertaining parade of little kids falling, getting cut, and all sorts of mishaps made possible by our favorite horror monger, Sid Davis! Here he tells the kids, don't pour gas on the fire! Don't run with scissors! Don't walk to close to cliffs! And of course, the bb gun excuse, "You might put out an eye!" Who ARE all of these kids with bad aim? All of the kids suffer the consequences in one way or another (the kid off the cliff is quite funny) and then get bandaged up in the hospital (burned kid looks like the Pope). All of this is VERY odd, featuring ATROCIOUS acting by the kids, like the worst anywhere and that adds up to a MUST SEE! Release Date: 1951 Entered the Public Domain: 1979 　 Volume 2 Film 1: Keep Off The Grass (1969) COLOR Runtime 20 minutes Keep Off The Grass just SCREAMS Sid Davis. Although this film runs a wee bit too long, this was a fun exploration at all the clichés one could imagine in a film like this. This is all about how marijuana is still being tested for it’s long-term effects, so no one really knows anything about it, but we’re going to get on our high horse anyways and tell you how bad it is. Tom’s Mom is understandably alarmed when she finds a marijuana cigarette among Tom’s belongings, so Dad has a chat with his son and tells about how bad they are, while of course, puffing on a cigarette and downing some alcohol. "It’s not the same!" Dad bellows. Release Date: 1969 Entered the Public Domain: 1997 Film 2: Alcohol Is Dynamite (1958) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Ah, the frightening world of Sid Davis, Very good Sid Davis scare film here, Alcohol is Dynamite tells of three boys who delve into the demon alcohol to dire consequences! The rate that the narrator was going, you would think (and the narrator probably does) that liquor is the equivalent to heroin. One drink and then you are guzzling a whole bottle! Wacky science is also in evidence here too.. something about the frontal lobe of the brain making you turn into a monkey once you start drinking. Release Date: 1958 Entered the Public Domain: 1986 Film 3: The Terrible Truth (1951) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes A wild romp through what makes a dope fiend, made surprising this time as the victim is a woman. This is a pretty standard story, you can tell the woman is going to hell in a hand basket because of the Messiness of her hair. Having said that, this film is an absolute technical mess. When Mr. Mckesson comes on and starts narrating, I thought my audio was out of whack, then I thought the film audio was out of whack. I am quite certain now it's the film ITSELF doing it. Like it's the most laughable dubbing job EVER. I like how Mckesson barely moves his lips up and down! Newspapers, as usual, are all the same with different headlines, and check out the newspaper the Junkie's dad is holding, it's curiously full of holes! Release Date: 1951 Entered the Public Domain: 1979 Film 4: Bicycle Clown (1958) COLOR Runtime 9minutes A boy poorly narrates the story of his younger brother Jimmy, a kid who clowns around on his bike in order to impress his peers and thinks safety rules are for sissies. Since this is a Sid Davis film, he is punished for this by getting into an accident which results in him getting gauze wrapped around his head, his arm in a sling, and being confined to a hospital bed. Jimmy’s brother becomes obsessed with finding out why this happened, even though it’s obvious from the beginning that Jimmy is an idiotic daredevil. Release Date: 1958 Entered the Public Domain: 1986 Film 5: Skateboard Sense COLOR Runtime 9minutes This film is quaint, a real product of its time. It also has some very impressive features that in a way forecast the Z-boys film. Close to the beginning there is a tracking shot from behind, where the camera follows a skater zigzagging through a line of orange pylons. The skater's moves are great, but it occurred to me that the camera operator was duplicating the moves to keep up, and the shot was steady with no bumps or jitters. The sped-up accident sequences are very clever too, being both funny and punctuative of minor accidents. In all, another example of first rate filming. Release Date: 1970 Entered the Public Domain: 1998 Film 6: Bicycle Today - Automobile Tomorrow (1969) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes In this Sid Davis film, bicyclists are shown to be polite, obey the rules of the road, and respect the right of ways of pedestrians and other vehicles. Kind of bizarre when you look at it now, as it seems bicyclists (well, ok not all of them) do everything that is NOT explained in this film nowadays. Release Date: 1969 Entered the Public Domain: 1997 Film 7: What's The Big Hurry? (1970) COLOR Runtime 9minutes Very bizarre film, probably THE most bizarre film Sid ever made, that features demolished cars, and voice overs of the 'people' that caused them to get demolished. There's some great shots of late 60's (albeit banged up) cars, and some far out fashions (love the fedora). But what REALLY sets this film out is it's soundtrack which is sort of the electronica gone haywire, nothing which I've heard in a SD film before. The film's creepy, dissonant electronic score is excellent, and really adds to the film. Release Date: 1970 Entered the Public Domain: 1998 Film 8: Skipper Learns A Lesson (1952) COLOR Runtime 9 minutes This films looks and feels like a Sid Davis film that is why it is included on this disc. A very curious effort that goes way overboard to get it’s point across. Essentially, it’s Skipper and his pals teaching us about racism!! You see, while Skipper’s master goes to play with her friends, who are, of course, of many colors, Skipper won’t have any of it! He spurns the friendship of the Dalmatian, German Shepherd and unknown breed of dog because of their looks size and color! No, I am not making this up. This is about as farfetched a concept as Munchers was. Soon, in an accident Skipper gets covered in wallpaper paste, and now it’s the others dogs who spurn him! Release Date: 1952 Entered the Public Domain: 1980 　 Volume 3 Film 1: Summer of '63 (1963) COLOR Runtime 20 minutes In this story of a group of teenagers and their exploits the problem of controlling the spread of syphilis and gonorrhea is addressed. Film points out that these diseases are absolutely curable but continue to spread due to the highly personal aspect of venereal disease. The importance of informing all sexual partners and seeking treatment as soon as possible is stressed. Film offers advice that minors no longer need parental consent prior to seeking treatment-- this is a confidential matter between doctor and patient. Illustrates how an individual can be sick without showing it. Release Date: 1963 Entered the Public Domain: 1991 Film 2: Why Take Chances? (Safety at Play) (1952) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes Why Take Chances? was a sequel to Sid Davis' very successful picture Live and Learn (1951), another safety film for children that used bluntly forceful simulated accidents to show the results of carelessness. Release Date: 1952 Entered the Public Domain: 1980 Film 3: Seduction of the Innocent (1966) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes Marijuana is often referred to as a so-called "gateway drug" leading to harder drugs, but in this film, pharmaceutical pills are the "gateway drug" leading to harder drugs (marijuana, in this case.) And it's downhill from there, with heroin being next on the list and then (if you're female) prostitution! Classic Sid Davis film with ominous narration throughout. Release Date: 1966 Entered the Public Domain: 1994 Film 4: The School Safety Committee (1953) COLOR Runtime 13 minutes Dedicated to the Boys and Girls of School Safety Committees, whose service to their schools have resulted in the prevention of countless accidents, the saving of many lives, and in happier, safer school days for their fellow students." Clifford Adams, a new student at Franklin School, narrates his experience of encountering a safety monitor every time he turned around and perpetually discovering how improper his actions were on his first day of school. He goes to the safety committee meeting, which "was swell." It was run just like "our whole country is run, government of the people, by the people, for the people" He goes over the jobs of the different sub-committees, such as playground safety, bus monitor, and hallway safety. Release Date: 1953 Entered the Public Domain: 1981 Film 5: Roscoe's Rules (1960) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules. Four children experience situations where they call upon the golden rules to help them decide what to do. Release Date: 1960 Entered the Public Domain: 1988 Film 6: Wild at the Wheel (1970) COLOR Runtime 10 minutes Sid Davis produced this education film about a teen known as "Speedy" because of how fast he liked to drive his car. At the start of the film they're picking him up off the road after a deadly crash. We then flashback to see why he's dead and how it all could have been prevented had only he followed some simple rules. These driving-safety films can only be judged on their entertainment level and this one here is pretty high. The movie starts off with us seeing the bloody teen and then we flashback to all the typical information about how popular he was, how his younger brother looked up at him and how he only drove fast so people would think he was cool. All of this is done in that campy 70s fashion so one will get quite a few laughs along the way. This here is certainly not an Oscar-winner but there's enough camp to make it worth watching. Release Date: 1970 Entered the Public Domain: 1998 Film 7: Walking to School (1960) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Safety film aimed at very young children on the subject of pedestrian safety. Includes lots and lots of walking. A Sid Davis production for the Los Angeles school system. Release Date: 1960 Entered the Public Domain: 1988 Film 8: Whither Thou Goest (1948) B&W Runtime 10 minutes An early religious film by Sid Davis. Release Date: 1948 Entered the Public Domain: 1976 Volume 4 Film 1: On the Run (1956) Runtime 27 minutes Another Sid Davis "classic" featuring a "Safety Economy" run around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s. This stars a very plucky young lady and her jive-talking, sock-hopping, malt-shop friends. One pal, a hot-rodder named "Tay" boasts some hilarious entertaining doggerel about his driving. When the adults oppress our friends' need to, er, drive, the kids decide to host a "safety-economy" race (sponsored by Mobil and AAA) to prove that teenagers are responsible drivers. The object of the race was to drive around the city within a designated period of time while avoiding penalties like speeding or violating traffic laws. The driver would be accompanied by an adult "observer" who would record any penalty during the drive. The film, including the race itself, features some great footage of San Francisco in the 50s. The idea that a bunch of clean-cut, teen-agers can go around and drive freely and safely around the city seems such a novelty now (and adds to the camp factor to this film). Release Date: 1956 Entered the Public Domain: 1984 Film 2: Show 'Em the Road (1954) Runtime 26 minutes Southern California teenagers join the Mobil gas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam, then back home again. Cool little film about 50's car club kids involved in an unusual race: the best gas mileage wins. That's because it's sponsored by Mobil Gas, and various local police organizations. Understandably, this isn't the most exciting race in the world (though the narration would have you believe otherwise). Nice home-movie style footage of the route, though: LA through Barstow to Vegas, and back again. The classic Vegas strip looks great! Release Date: 1954 Entered the Public Domain: 1982 Film 3: Name Unknown (1964) Runtime 10 minutes A rather disturbing cautionary tale of what happens to girls who break what are considered the rules. What's most disturbing about the film is that the man who needs a babysitter and the two guys who pick up the girls are seen as very nice, friendly, and safe. I would assume that back in the early fifties, there wasn't the natural wariness that we have had instilled in us today. How were these girls supposed to know they were going to be victimized? Basically, the film is telling us to stay home and stay safe. Phyllis from "The Terrible Truth" is back as the parking girl, apparently wearing the same outfit and scarf as in her earlier film. I wonder if these films were shot on the same day. Release Date: 1964 Entered the Public Domain: 1992 Film 4: Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen (1951) Runtime 25 minutes A fairy Snow Queen (who's value system is all based on the potential "fun" in any act) brings some toys to life as rather petty revenge on Santa for forgetting to give her her sugar cookie. Minor complications ensue. If you like the strange, retro and somehow just wrong aspects of the Christmas season, this is for you in a big way. Don't miss it. Release Date: 1951 Entered the Public Domain: 1979 Film 5: Driving Tips, Series 2 (1958) Runtime 9 minutes Warnings of drinking and driving, speeding, approaching a stopped school bus, the dangers of signal jumping "usually jumping into trouble", driving too slowly, drowsiness, driving on street car tracks, getting stuck in sand or mud. Release Date: 1958 Entered the Public Domain: 1986 Film 6: ABCs of Walking Wisely (1959) Runtime 10 minutes This film is an interesting mixture of psychology, walking rules and decorum. It analyzes many ways of people (or children) walking and interprets them calling them with the names of letters (e.g. J-walking, A-walker). The film is supposed to be seen by children, it teaches them how to walk, cross the street etc, it warns them against the careless proceeding and hitch-hiking. And its manner is attractive because it combines movie shoots with actors, pictures and sketches. Children learn the alphabet and now they connect this knowledge with now experience. This movie by Sid Davis Productions also has great nostalgic charm: pallid colors, vintage music and many city and many takes from contemporary towns. Release Date: 1959 Entered the Public Domain: 1987 Film 7: The Miracle of Reproduction (1963) Runtime 15 minutes Sid Davis released a film by this name in 1963 but it was B&W. This is the 1974 color remake. It is a high level view of the subject probably aimed at 8th or 9th graders. Release Date: 1963 Entered the Public Domain: 1991 Film 8: Gang Boy (1954) Runtime 27 minutes Rival gangs in a small city are escalating their violence: the Pepper Tree Gang of poor whites and a group from the Mexican section of town have traded an eye for an eye. The Mexican gang, led by Danny, is having a dance that night at their new club; the police think the Pepper Tree Gang will show up to fight. A lieutenant asks Danny to agree to a truce, and Danny takes a walk to think about it - going over the last nine years of his life in an angry world that's made him feel isolated and unloved. He thinks back to a friend's death when they were 10. He has an insight into his past and he goes to the lieutenant. Is there a path out of violence? Release Date: 1954 Entered the Public Domain: 1982 Volume 5 Film 1: The Dropout (1962) B&W Total Runtime 10 minutes.A warning to would-be slackers, The Dropout shows the loneliness and frustration that develop in Robert, who drops out of school and tries to find a job before he is qualified to compete in the highly competitive world of modern work. Told in Davis' inimitable voice over style, this film retells the classic "downward spiral" tale.Release Date: 1962Entered the Public Domain: 1990　Film 2: How to Protect Your Bike (1970s) COLOR Runtime 12 minutesOn bike locks, bike cables, chains, etc. bicycle licenses-registration, and other theft prevention measures.Release Date: 1970Entered the Public Domain: 1999　Film 3: What Made Sammy Speed? (1957) FADED COLOR Runtime 10 minutesPoints out how emotional problems caused a teenager to speed to his death.Release Date: 1957Entered the Public Domain: 1986　Film 4: Dead Right (1950s) COLOR Runtime 10 minutesTells about a pedestrian accident victim who may have been legally right, but was almost killed - and remains wheelchair-bound. Release Date: 1950Entered the Public Domain: 1979　Film 5: You're Growing Up (1950s) B&W Runtime 10 minutesAbout what the title sounds like. Release Date: 1950Entered the Public Domain: 1979　Film 6: Fit as a Fiddle (1963) B&W Runtime 10 minutesThis film begins with footage of JFK's "Remarks on the Youth Fitness Program" speech made on July 19, 1961. The last minute of the speech is shown. Release Date: 1963Entered the Public Domain: 1992　Film 7: When You Are a Pedestrian (1948) B&W Runtime 10 minutesWhen You Are A Pedestrian is a pretty out worldly exploration into what and who causes auto accidents. Actually, the best scene of this film happens at the beginning, when a guy is hit by a car, and he goes flying off. Release Date: 1948Entered the Public Domain: 1977　Film 8: One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963) COLOR Runtime 14 minutesVery strange and surreal short designed to entertain and educated kids but probably terrifying them at the same time. A group of kids go out to have a picnic at a park. They all take their bikes (except one kid, who doesn't have one anymore) and all but two are suffered a pretty bad fate. (the kid with no bike is spared). They're hit by cars, flattened by steamrollers, falling down manholes etc. They're all wearing monkey masks too, (which seriously can impair your vision, but they don't comment on that). One kid survives to get to the park. What also so is amazing about this film is how everyone just keeps on going when each of the kids is squashed. What does THAT teach?Release Date: 1963Entered the Public Domain: 1992 I claim ownership and rights to this media. All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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