SPINNING WHEELS

Rights Information
Year
1938
Reference
F3245
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1938
Reference
F3245
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:11:31
Production company
Government Film Studios

Intertitle: ‘Prepared by the Transport Dept. in collaboration with the Education Dept.’
Attempts to discuss the ‘immutability’ of the laws of science, parliament and sport as an analogue for road rules. Scenes of parliament and court, children playing rugby.
Road casualities are discussed as an apt punishment for those who disobey the road rules.
Hospitals and traffic directors.
Warns of braking distances. Utilises Wellington streets to show correct driving procedures. Depiction of a car-train crash. Shows the correct way to ride a bicycle. Further depictions of car accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians.