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Film, Video Fatal step

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About this Item

Title

  • Fatal step

Summary

  • "A traveling salesman, arrested for speeding, is given the choice of paying a fine or spending one hour with a traffic officer. Shows him being taken on a tour of an automobile graveyard where he is told how speed killed the former occupants of the cars"--summary from Educational film guide, 1959 annual supplement, p. 37.

Names

  • Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
  • Southwest Film Center

Created / Published

  • United States : Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1957.

Headings

  • -  Traffic accidents
  • -  Automobiles--Speed

Genre

  • Educational films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 11 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600705

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and Southwest Film Center. Fatal Step. United States: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1957. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600705/.

APA citation style:

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company & Southwest Film Center. (1957) Fatal Step. United States: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600705/.

MLA citation style:

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and Southwest Film Center. Fatal Step. United States: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1957. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600705/>.