SAFETY FIRST

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 117, 16 April 1940, Page 5

SAFETY FIRST

SCREENING OF FILMS. Under the auspices of the AVanganui Automobile Association and under the supervision of Mr E. E. Chnmptaloup, touring malinger of the Auckland Automobile Association, pupils of the Feilding schools were privileged to witness the screening of safety first anti travel films yesterday afternoon. The children were briefly addressed on questions concerning safety first and, asked which foreign film they would like to see first, decided almost unanimously on Germany. This long and interesting film covered scenes of the great military roads built under tlie Nazi regime as well as views of Berlin, Potsdam and other German centres.. Then followed scenes of Paris and of Luxemburg. Alost of the film was in colour and the projection was excellent throughout. The children were quick to recognise Hitler in the scene in which he appears formally opening a stretcli of one of his great military roads. The children were also shown a very beautiful film covering views of Auckland’s watering places, also camp sites, and favourite holiday resorts, including Rotorua and National Park. In colour this made ail altogether appealing exhibition. “Why Be a Goose?” was the title of the safety first film. Aptly named, this film unfolded the story of how road accidents so easily happen when children, unmindful of the road dangers, rush on where they should halt. A family of geese is introduced in a .scene revealing the indecision of this family when negotiating a road in the presence of an oncoming ear. This impressive production made the right appeal to the children. The programme included views taken of the west coast of Norway showing the fiords at Bergen am 1 Stavanger and the points, which Air Cliamptaloup was able to explain, where the Germans had landed in their invasion of the country. Last evening the programme, covering a wide range of subjects dealing largely with roads in Europe, France, England and Scotland, Canada and America, was screened for the benefit of a largo adult audience.