1950s The Suicide PSA




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File Name
VT-0083_004
Period
1950s
Format
SD
Length
00:00:59
Pricing
Regular rate
Timecode start:
00:00:00
Timecode stop:
00:00:59
Additional copies:
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The Suicide - 1950s b&w PSA public service announcement - (PSA) - illustrated graphic with death skull - reads Collisions are Costly...Go Slow! - man loads gun with bullet, plays Russian roulette, spins chamber, points gun to temple of head, pulls trigger, fires a blank, and man laughs - moving pov speeding straight down road at night, road is illuminated faintly by headlights - man driving car with blindfold on - close on lit flare next to stopped truck - low c/u on smashed up car with dead driver in driver seat with arm hanging out the window while police investigate with flashlights (good shot of aftermath of car crash)- suicidal, death - narrator closes with Remember, the life you save may be your own