Sid Davis

Public information film regarding female safety and how to safeguard against rape

Anti-shoplifting film co-produced by Sid Davis and Motorola.

Accident Investigation

A junkyard full of smashed cars hints at the fate of their reckless drivers.

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers. A color remake of Sid Davis's 1961 Boys Beware, using the same script and narration.

A doctor remembers back to the summer of 1963 when he was a freewheeling and irresponsible high school senior. What made him change his life to want to become a doctor? A condensed version of the Davis-produced feature film V.D. (1961) with added footage.

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. A 70's remake of a 50's Sid Davis short.

Educational film about the dangers of drug use and abuse in high school. Framed around the death of a classmate from overdose.

The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice's trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole, but rather through her home, where the medicine and kitchen cabinets hold substances of lure but danger. After ingesting one of these substances, Alice, now in the Wonderland of her mind, has an altered sense of reality. In her new psychedelic world, she is exposed to more and more drugs, which she may take based on her impaired judgment from the initial drug use.

In this short film that looks at the importance of maintaining safe driving practices and heeding traffic rules, a traffic cop attempts to investigate a serious car crash. [This film is usually indicated to be from 1970, though near certainly accurately dates to 1976.]

Tom is confronted by his parents about being a "dope fiend" for using marijuana.

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. This color short is not to be confused with the earlier black and white film, with same title, from 1961.

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. The other does research into LSD and decides it's a 'bummer'."

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". He warns of the dangers of making-out in remote places, babysitting for strangers, and being picked up by someone driving a convertible in a town where every stranger is a sex-craved killer.

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. A madcap crime spree that includes running in the halls, hitting a girl in the head with a milk carton, and yes, even riding his bike with no hands ends in tragedy... a seat outside the vice-principal's office. Oh Jerry, didn't you know that this would go down on your permanent record?

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. Is he next?

Paul and his two friends come across a new convertible that is parked with the keys still in the ignition. While Paul's friends want to hop in the car and take it for a joyride, Paul isn't quite sure if he wants to engage in that type of criminal behavior.

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. Just like an astronaut!

A high school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light again.

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. This black and white short is not to be confused with the later color film, with same title, from 1968 (some sources indicate 1965).

Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. Covers do's and don'ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the 'PICK UP' and the girls who go with boys that are too old.

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. Covers do's and don'ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the 'PICK UP' and the girls who go with boys that are too old.

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

The animated adventures of twins Dan and Darlene, who spend their time dodging the innumerable adult predators in their city.

Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules. Four children experience situations where they call upon the golden rules to help them decide what to do.

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. This film features the DRAGMASTER team from California. They are also shown in their shop building an early dragster. Jim Nelson, the owner of the SpeedShop in Ocean Side, California and pioneer of dragsters, is shown in the shop as well. They drag in Detroit and Oklahoma. They are shown traveling with their dragsters loaded.

Deals with child molestation prevention. Teaches youngsters safety rules they should follow whenever any unknown person speaks to them. For elementary grades. Sid Davis remade this film over and over and over. Same situations different actors and years.

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."

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.

Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father. Andrew, receiving only hostility from his classmates and step-father, begins to steal. An understanding counselor at school helps Andrew reform and readjust.

Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father. Andrew, receiving only hostility from his classmates and step-father, begins to steal. An understanding counselor at school helps Andrew reform and readjust.

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. Producers and Directors: Sid Davis and Arthur L. Swerdloff.

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. Producers and Directors: Sid Davis and Arthur L. Swerdloff.

Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.

Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.

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.

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. They're caught and thrown in jail, and, as the narrator says, this proves that pranks lead to "habit-forming wildness," and, of course, such anti-social behavior cannot be allowed to happen

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. They're caught and thrown in jail, and, as the narrator says, this proves that pranks lead to "habit-forming wildness," and, of course, such anti-social behavior cannot be allowed to happen

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. They're caught and thrown in jail, and, as the narrator says, this proves that pranks lead to "habit-forming wildness," and, of course, such anti-social behavior cannot be allowed to happen

The dangers of carelessness and inattention are dramatized by the case of poor little Jimmy, who has been having a tough day. Because of his carelessnss and inattention, he runs into a tree, steps on a nail, flies a kite in a rainstorm, and digs a cave in a hillside, which promptly collapses on him.

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. She shows Claus what she's done and the toys demonstrate their abilities. The toys are distraught when Claus says they must be turned back into inanimate objects in time for Christmas, but the Fairy Snow Queen comes up with a plan to make everyone happy.

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. She shows Claus what she's done and the toys demonstrate their abilities. The toys are distraught when Claus says they must be turned back into inanimate objects in time for Christmas, but the Fairy Snow Queen comes up with a plan to make everyone happy.

The perils of children acting first and thinking later are illustrated in these stories of what happens to children who exhibit such rash behavior.

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. He shows her cases where young girls have been assaulted, raped and murdered because their parents were too permissive and let them have jobs outside the home, or the girls were too defiant and thought they were "too sophisticated" for their own good. Then, to show his compassion and concern for Edie--who by this time has been reduced to a bawling, quivering wreck--he throws her in a juvenile detention hellhole for three months so she can think about "whether showing off is worth a lifetime of regrets!"

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.

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.

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

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. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

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.

1969 educational film teaching bicycle traffic laws to preteens in advance of learning to drive.