Vintage Police & Cops Films 2 DVD Set

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In a nutshell, we find these films useful and valuable for many people and purposes. We hope the people who find value in them will feel they stumbled across a breath of fresh air into the past. So, whether you need a unique gift for a family member or a visual aid for your classroom, we will be here to offer you a relevant collection of footage that you have never seen.

Signal 30

Length: 27 Minutes | Produced:1959

This is not a Hollywood production as can be readily seen. Thus begins one of the most infamous and shocking safety films ever made. Featuring graphic footage of real fatal car accidents, Signal 30 is the notoriously horrific gore-fest that was shown to unsuspecting high schoolers and drivers ed students for decades to inform them about teen car accidents. Presented by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the film promotes automobile safety and safe driving by documenting the carnage of car road traffic accidents. Using sick graphic video clips as scare tactics, the extremely upsetting nature of this film urges drivers to be responsible, as explained by a deadpan and creepy narrator. Most often the victims who are shown are dead or horribly injured, and almost any viewer is scared straight. Signal 30 is a historically significant video that has often been imitated in popular culture. Of all the drivers ed videos, this film is the real thing; and it lives up to its reputation for making a stomach turn.

Why We Respect The Law

Length: 14 Minutes | Produced:1950

This 50s educational film explains to children how laws are good for society, and why they should be respected. Ken, a young boy, steals some lumber to build baseball backstops for his baseball teams field, but is later seized by guilt though he hadnt been caught stealing. Confused by this ethical dilemma, he goes to his familys lawyer, who tries to sort out the whole business for Ken. The honest lawyer takes Kens shoes in an effort to get Ken to see why stealing wrong, and to begin to understand a code of ethics. The free law advice continues, as he also notes that rules are necessary to keep law and order in society, just like natural laws keep order in the physical world. This and other examples of ethical principles make for important life lessons and the lawyer is clearly at ease talking openly with children. In the end, Ken realizes that if everyone stole, the world would not be a very safe and secure place to live. He and his friends arrange to pay for the lumber and Ken learns a valuable lesson. The ethical culture described in Why We Respect the Law exudes the attitudes of conformity and complete absence of ethical relativism that was present in the 1950s. One of the better educational videos of its time.

Doubtful Dollars

Length: 16 Minutes | Produced:1940s

This film describes the processes by which counterfeit money is disseminated into the economy. First, a comically stereotyped gangster is shown handing phony bills to his gang of hustlers, who are shown only from the neck down. Then, they go out to retail stores and buy something small and cheap with a big bill, effectively turning their fake bills into real ones with the change they receive. The last part of the film shows how to spot counterfeit bills so people dont get duped, and there is a fascinating look at a real mint where dollar bills are being made. The Secret Service has a large presence in the film.

Profile in Blue

Length: 19 Minutes | Produced:1975

This film was made to honor the 50th anniversary of the Nassau County New York Police Department and includes lots of great footage and music, all revolving around the activities of a police department.

This is Your Police Department

Length: 24 Minutes | Produced:1951

The Detroit police department is the centerpiece of this movie. Police hiring and training practices are showcased in one half of the film, while the other half focuses on the annual Detroit Police Field Day celebration.

Your Police

Length: 16 Minutes | Produced:1953

The police department does great services for society, according to this mid-50s film, so citizens can trust them for any purpose. What a great feel good movie about protecting and serving!

Safety Patrol

Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1937

Set amongst a suburban mid-30s Detroit landscape, a young boy who heads a local safety committee for children talks and walks with a local responsible cop and discusses the dos and donts of law over an ice cream cone!

Saint Paul Police Detectives

Length: 9 Minutes | Produced:1941

This is a really cool looking stop motion animation feature from the 1940s that shows some of the work of the Saint Paul, Minnesota detective squad. Great colors and great visuals make this a unique little piece for both its time and the subject matter.

Fire and Police Service

Length: 11 Minutes | Produced:1947

An interesting vocational film, Fire and Police Service shows you the ropes for two occupations, fireman and policeman.

Booked for Safekeeping

Length: 32 Minutes | Produced:1960

This is a very, very good documentary with real New Orleans Police Department actors in it that shows the proper way for the authorities to patiently and effectively work with mentally handicapped people.

Police Dogs in Action

Length: 11 Minutes | Produced:1950s

The German Shepherd police dogs of the San Mateo County Sheriffs department are filmed performing some of their various on-job duties, such as tracking down human scents, learning to attack suspects and obeying new German training commands. This is an awesome film about police dogs!