The Talking Car

Duration: 500

Year Published: 1970

Complete Record: Jimmy and his DOG run out into the street in suburban Los Angeles. They are nearly hit by car. He is lectured both by his dad and by their station wagon . Boy goes to sleep and dreams of station wagon and other cars all with cartoon eyes and mouth that continue to stress safety. Girls skip down the street, at street corner they stop and look both ways before crossing. “See and Be Seen” safety rule is stressed. Footage includes lots of period cars, pajamas, DOG barking, licking boy’s face, black and white girl skipping together (racial harmony), VW bus, boys playing ball, girls with pigtails, May Co. department store, kids carrying lunch boxes, Ford Mustang, DOG snarling, people on the street in the rain, people walking by night along the road, boy asleep in bed, ugly wallpaper, buckling safety belts.