Public Domain Movies

Driver's Education - Safety Belt for Susie (1962)
Running Time: 11 mins Black & White
Starring: Pat Shields
A little girl named Nancy has a life-sized doll called Susie, that she treats like her own sister. One day Nancy's parents are driving with Susie in backseat to pick up their daughter from her grandparents, when they involved in a crash. Thanks to their seat belts, the couple escapes with little injury, but Susie the doll is "injured". We than cut to a collision simulation using crash test dummies to represent adults and dolls that look like Susie to represent children and infants. The results from the tests, come to the conclusion of what happens when young children are not wearing seat belts or strapped in properly. We cut back to Nancy and her parents and learn that her father has had installed seat belts in the backseat as a result of the crash. Susie has also been repaired and she and Nancy are properly strapped in as the car drives off on another journey.

Driver's Education - The Crossroads Crash (1973)
Running Time: 10 mins Color

Four drivers are examined in this instructional film. Young Andy knows the rules of the road but lacks experience. Edith, a senior citizen, has the most experience, but tends to be too careful. Mr. Albert is a business man always in a rush. Rocky never thinks about what he is doing. The film simulates real-life potential accidents with this colorful cast of characters in a humorous way. Everybody makes mistakes, but Rocky causes the most trouble.

Driver's Education - The Talking Car (1969)
Running Time: 16 mins Black & White
Starring: Brian Forster
A young boy has a dream after nearly being run over after dashing out into the street. In it, a car from the '20s, one from the '40s and one from the '60s teach him the "See And Be Seen" traffic safety rules, and argue among themselves whether or not he will actually remember them.

Driver's Education - Tomorrow's Drivers (1954)
Running Time: 11 mins Black & White
Starring: James Stewart, Charles C. Bernstein, Haskel Welch
Showcases a driving course where kindergarten children are placed in miniature cars and taught safe and proper driving skills in order to prepare them for when they're old enough to get a driver's license.

The Bottle and the Throttle (1968)
Running Time: 10 mins Color
Starring: Timothy Farrell
The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.

The Last Prom (1980)
Running Time: 24 mins Color
Starring: Sheelagh Bevan, Jamie Bozian, Mary LeClair
Driver education film depicting the dangers of teen-age drunk driving, wherein a prom date ends tragically.

Tomorrow's Drivers (1954)
Running Time: 11 mins Black & White
Starring: James Stewart, Charles C. Bernstein, Haskel Welch
Showcases a driving course where kindergarten children are placed in miniature cars and taught safe and proper driving skills in order to prepare them for when they're old enough to get a driver's license.