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Sid Davis was an American writer, producer and director of educational short films, produced by his own company, Sid Davis Productions. He also worked as a stand in for actors Leif Erickson and John Wayne.
Total trailers found: 51
20 July 1954
Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "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.
01 January 1975
Revised version of the 1962 film The ABC Of Babysitting. Covers safety rules to be observed while babysitting, using the situation of a babysitter's employment and experiences.
01 January 1968
The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where after having "one too many beach beers" he runs over a young mother and her child.
01 January 1960
Made by Sid Davis, a prolific director of social guidance films, this anti-smoking film takes a blunt, no-nonsense approach to smoking cessation, arguing against the deceit of the tobacco industry with staged reenactments, stark narration, and bold title cards promising smokers a shorter life expectancy due to lung cancer.
21 July 1956
The four periods of growing up, from birth to age 20, are highlighted in this training film about learning how to accept help from others.
09 January 1960
The animated adventures of twins Dan and Darlene, who spend their time dodging the innumerable adult predators in their city.
24 February 1950
In this film, a police officer tells children about the dangers of accepting rides or presents from strangers, and relates the unfortunate stories of several children who did and were never seen again.
31 December 1971
Presents vignettes explaining the dangers posed by child molesters. Shows various methods that molesters use to win over a child's confidence, how it is wise to be on guard and how to act should these situations ever arise.
01 January 1960
Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules.
31 December 1962
A young man tired of "the rules" of high school, drops out. While he relishes his newfound "freedom, " he soon finds out that no one will hire a high school dropout, and his life starts to spiral out of control until he's reduced to wearing T-shirts, playing pool, and watching his friends being hauled off to jail for vagrancy.
01 January 1961
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
01 January 1974
A film from the Roll Call series--how-tos for law enforcement. This one focuses on the baton.
01 January 1973
This short film looks at the importance of maintaining safe driving practices and heeding traffic rules.
17 September 1948
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri.
31 December 1948
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
15 November 1950
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches.
26 March 1942
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
13 May 1946
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes.
01 January 1961
The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where after having "one too many beach beers" he runs over a young mother and her child.
22 October 1949
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack.
01 January 1961
A high school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town.
01 January 1961
Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior.
29 September 1944
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered.
27 July 1963
Jerry doesn't like anyone telling him what to do. He thinks he can be a big man on campus... if by campus you mean middle school.
01 January 1970
Tom is confronted by his parents about being a "dope fiend" for using marijuana.
18 July 1953
Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a joyride.
25 July 1959
Hot Rod Magazine film from 1959 With the Parker Brothers from Odessa, TX, and their early hot rods. Shot similar to Endless Summer this movie follows drag racing teams as they travel to the 1959 Drag Racing Nationals.
26 July 1961
Another Sid Davis film cautioning kids about their duties and responsibilities and to be an adult and smart using the safety devices provided for them.
20 July 1953
A misfit teenager with a passion for hot rods - and trouble - moves to a California town where he learns the errors of his ways and becomes a model hot rodder.
29 July 1974
A junkyard full of smashed cars hints at the fate of their reckless drivers.
01 January 1957
Sammy, an average teenager, apparently has one flaw: an "attitude" about driving. He mocks those who drive safely, and speeds all over town, encouraged by his girlfriend, who finds his recklessness "manly" and "courageous.
01 January 1971
Educational film about the dangers of drug use and abuse in high school. Framed around the death of a classmate from overdose.
01 January 1979
Public information film regarding female safety and how to safeguard against rape
01 January 1964
A juvenile court judge serves as grim storyteller to a young teen who ran off with a bank robber. The judge warns that even good teenagers can be "delinquent in good sense".
30 July 1975
Anti-shoplifting film co-produced by Sid Davis and Motorola.
03 January 1951
The perils of children acting first and thinking later are illustrated in these stories of what happens to children who exhibit such rash behavior.
26 July 1961
Paul and his two friends come across a new convertible that is parked with the keys still in the ignition.
01 January 1951
A Juvenile Court judge relates to Edie--a young girl who is appearing before him because she ran away from home with a boy who promised to marry her--the things that happen to teenagers who don't listen to their parents or other authority figures.
01 December 1951
One of Santa Claus' "brownies" (elves) introduces the story of the Fairy Snow Queen, who plays a trick on Santa Claus by bringing all the toys to life just before Claus is due to deliver them to children around the world.
05 November 1971
The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children.
31 July 1972
A doctor remembers back to the summer of 1963 when he was a freewheeling and irresponsible high school senior.
01 April 1973
This driver’s education film from the early 1970s, "Alcohol and Red Flares", warns viewers of the dangers of drunk driving.
01 January 1967
The Inglewood Police Department's 1960s video, "LSD: Trip or Trap?" is a classic of the genre. Alex sez, "It's a story of two friends who enjoy flying model planes, except that one becomes an 'acidhead' so he can be 'groovy' with the other acidheads.
23 January 1957
Deals with child molestation prevention. Teaches youngsters safety rules they should follow whenever any unknown person speaks to them.
01 January 1973
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
01 January 1961
Jeanette, a pretty high school student, is looking for “kicks”. She starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and begins popping bennies, uppers and other pills.
01 January 1955
Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father.
01 January 1954
Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.
15 July 1952
The dangers of carelessness and inattention are dramatized by the case of poor little Jimmy, who has been having a tough day.
01 January 1958
The dangers of showing off while riding bicycles is related by a boy whose young brother foolishly disregarded safety instructions.
