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 Weekly Review No. 431
 Monkey Tale
 White for Safety
 Pedestrians or Jaywalkers?
 Wildlife of the Mountains

Synopsis

Made for the the Forest Service by the National Film Unit this instructional film demonstrates essential firearms safety. Like later cautionary tales (eg. cult bush safety film Such a Stupid Way to Die) the film dramatises what can happen when things go wrong, before a hunter imparts "the five basic safety rules" (with obligatory ciggie hanging from lower lip). The rendering of the lesson might be hokey (compared to the explicit traffic safety ads of the '90s and '00s) but the message is deadly serious, as ongoing hunting tragedy headlines attest.

 

Credits (6)

 Peter Hutt

Peter Hutt
Director, Writer, Narrator, Editor

 Geoffrey Scott

Geoffrey Scott
Producer

 Oxley Hughan

Oxley Hughan
Producer

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Curated by NZ On Screen Team
Added 10 December 2012

Quotes

Yes he’s sorry, but if it wasn’t for the fact that he’s such a lousy shooter, it’d be too late to be sorry. 

– A Forest Service ranger

Positively identify your target. 

– Rule number four

On an average, every week, one hunter is killed or injured as a result of unsafe firearms handling. 

– A Forest Service ranger

Hey watch what you’re doing ya bloody fool! Are ya blind or some damn thing? What’s the matter with you! 

– A hunter responds to being shot at