Fatal Stop

Traffic with the Devil

August 1946 •English

This "Theater of Life" series short looks at traffic problems in Los Angeles, California, as described and experienced by Sgt. Charles Reineke, a traffic enforcement officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.

One Got Fat

December 1963 •English

This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.

The Attitude Factor

March 1981 •English

A 1981 educational film about the perils of school bus drivers having a bad attitude while on the job. Follow Barbara, a model employee... until she developed a bad attitude and let it effect her job performance.

Okamih rozhoduje

January 1953 •Slovak

Nevíme dne...

January 1946 •Czech

Safety on the City Streets

January 1970 •English

Made for hearing impaired children to help teach them lip-reading, the content discusses the importance of safety rules for children and vehicles on city streets. It emphasizes various safety measures, including obeying traffic signals, being alert, and thinking before acting. The characters in the story remind each other of these rules while navigating their environment, highlighting the dangers of neglecting safety practices. The narrative illustrates the consequences of forgetting safety rules through examples of characters almost getting hurt and the need for constant vigilance.

Devil Take Us

February 1952 •English

A motorcycle cop buys a used car to take his family on vacation to the East Coast. Minor car trouble along the way causes him to meet first a reckless driver, and then a highway patrolman who shares stories of bad drivers with him. Various dangers of careless driving - both fictional and real - are depicted as the patrolman continues on the job, later crossing paths with the reckless driver again. When the police officer makes the return trip from his vacation, he finds that the situation has changed in a surprising way.

Dragon Ball: Goku's Traffic Safety

June 1988 •Japanese

A public service video which uses the main Dragon Ball characters to promote traffic safety. It was aired on TV between shows as a public service announcement and distributed to schools as a safety demonstration video.

Dick Wakes Up

January 1954 •English

Dick is haunted by 2 Dicks after being crippled in a traffic accident. Will he ever walk again?

The Talking Car

January 1953 •English

Jack and Mary (and their dog, Rags) are walking down the street when a talking car stops them and begins lecturing them about traffic safety.

Beer over the Street

January 1974 •Czech

Všední událost

January 1943 •Czech

Nedělní dostaveníčko

January 1954 •Czech

Sváteční jezdec

January 1969 •Czech

Jak se státi gentlemanem

January 1971 •Czech

Robbie

January 1979 •English

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers. Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train".

Dear John

June 2010 •Spanish

"This short film is a letter to a person whom I haven't seen for a long time. Since I couldn't find the words to explain to him what had happened in my life that time, I thought I'd show him in pictures what my days had been like without him."

Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

January 1974 •Dutch

Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

Posthumous

January 2007 •French

Following on from the 2006 Israeli aggression on Lebanon, the filmmaker tries to film the destruction of Beirut. We witness a city deserted by life, and ghostly characters who, featured in his earlier films, talk about living through such a war.

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

January 1997 •English

A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.