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 How to Drown
 Pictorial Parade
 Monkey Tale
 Too Late to be Sorry
 Such a Stupid Way to Die

Synopsis

A salient public safety segment in this edition of the National Film Unit’s long-running magazine series looks at 'prudence at home', and the ways that stoves, jugs and fires can be dangerous to children. Other segments include a visit to a Gisborne health camp where youngsters are finishing their seven week course of dietary and exercise lessons. And a jaunt to Canterbury’s frozen Lake Ida for skating, pies, and ice hockey concludes that ‘winter can be fun’. A car-drawn toboggan looks it — though the ice rescue demonstration will not convince all viewers.

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Quotes

Smells good! [a stovetop saucepan], hmmm sounds good [boiling jug], ah feels good [fire] — especially on a chilly winter’s night. Yet every year these three things bring pain and injury to hundreds of New Zealand children. 

– From the narration

[Mother Prudence’s hands] are never too full to do the simple things that could mean the difference between a smile and a scar on the faces of her children. 

– From the narration

They certainly appear to be the healthiest bunch of youngsters on the East Coast. 

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The North Island winter is only cold enough to be annoying, but the South Island winter has the real freeze, and the fun that goes with it. 

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