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Handy (Jam) OrganizationKnights on the Highway (1938)

How drivers (especially truckers) can drive safely at night.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Motor Company
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Safety: Truck driving

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: topper4125 - - December 29, 2006
Subject: Wow... The excitement never stops on this one..
He's got TWO people with cue cards (Hense the shifting eyes)... and reads at the speed of tree sap... and Oh, don't drive when your tired.. thanks for the tip.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - September 18, 2003
Subject: Introduced by a van and a wagon!
OK review on how to drive at night. Introduced by the president of the american road builders association, who has that annoying habit of looking left and right while he talks, Knights On The Highway gives us 6 helpful, but somewhat obvious tips when driving at night (eg Don't drive while sleepy). Pretty standard stuff.

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"NIGHT DRIVING IS GETTING TO BE MORE OF A PLEASURE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES WHICH MAKE NIGHT DRIVING DIFFERENT. ILLUSTRATES 6 IMPORTANT SAFETY RULES OF NIGHT DRIVING."

The topic: driving safely at night.

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ntroduction:
"The men, who by their record of safety have earned a place at the top of the list, are the men who drive the heavy interstate trucks. True knights of the highway in every sense of the word, these truckers go out of their way to help others on the road. The driving public has come to know them as the most courteous drivers on the highway. They have established some of the finest safety records in the country."

With an introduction by the president of the American Road Builders Association, (Murray ???). He reads incredibly poorly.

Trucks driving down a highway, headlights heading toward the camera
Close-up of a truck driver in the cab of his truck driving
A white cat and a black cat on a fence
An arm hanging out of the driver's side window, hand pointing a finger, driving down a road
A foot pressing on the brake of a vehicle at night
Close-up of the license plate of a vehicle "TRAIL EXP 8-31-38 Mich 407777"
A man sitting, a bright light is shined on his face
Close-up of his eyes
Close-up of the pupil of one eye, quickly closing up, and then slowly becoming dilated open
The headlights of a truck driving down the road
A table top road model, "rain" falling and light shining on it to create a reflection
A speedometer decreasing from 40 to 30
Words scattered on a black back-ground -- "BLOCK, GRAND, NIGHT, BOARD, LIGHT, GREEN, AUTOS, SWEET, STEAM, etc." "LIGHT" begins to blink off and on
Close-up of the left taillight blinker blinking off and on
Aerial view of an automobile on a dark road with its headlights shining down the road
A side view of an automobile on a darkened road, comparison of the headlight distance shining from low, to middle, to highbeam.
A road sign, "HILL" approaching the camera and temporarily becoming illuminated
A road sign, "WINDING ROAD" approaching the camera and temporarily becoming illuminated
Aerial view of a car model with headlights shining in front of it with differently curved roads
A man and a woman sitting in a diner with coats on, man rubbing his eyes from fatigue
Text of the "SIX RULES FOR NIGHT DRIVING" zoom towards the viewer, super-imposed over the image of a darkened window and door

¥ 1:33:02:14- 1:33:14:21
Nice image of many freight trucks with their head lights on driving towards the camera. Nice nighttime lightingÑwe can see the outlines of trees along the road.


CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILES ADVERTISING TRANSPORTATION NIGHT DRIVING HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES EDUCATION NIGHT SHOTS DARKNESS ACCIDENTS Visual effects