Movies: Sid Davis

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

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 S...

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

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 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 stra...

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...

A film from the Roll Call series--how-tos for law enforcement. This one focuses on the baton....

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 DRAGMAST...

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....

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

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...

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

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 ri...

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

This short film looks at the importance of maintaining safe driving practices and heeding traffic rules. A traffic cop investigates a serious car crash and attempts to understand the cause....

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 beh...

The dangers of showing off while riding bicycles is related by a boy whose young brother foolishly disregarded safety instructions....

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,...

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

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 Ar...