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1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,400 ''The Dangerous Stranger'' 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:4,400 Written and photographed by Orville H. Hampton 3 00:00:4,600 --> 00:00:6,400 Associate Producer Cinesound Recording 4 00:00:6,600 --> 00:00:8,400 Produced and Directed by Sid Davis 5 00:00:8,600 --> 00:00:10,400 This picture was produced with the counsel and assistance 6 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,400 of the Police Department, City of Los Angeles. 7 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,400 Actors appear as a public service; we acknowledge 8 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,400 the cooperation of the Ben Bard Drama Studio, Hollywood. 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Kids, 10 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,400 I've got a couple of pretty important things I'm gonna tell you. 11 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,400 I want you to love them. 12 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,400 And I sure wouldn't want them to get into any trouble. 13 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,400 [...]more than your parents would want anything to happen[...] 14 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,400 What I'd like to talk about 14 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,400 Getting into trouble 15 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,400 You've heard your mothers and fathers talking or 16 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,400 seeing the newspapers about things that happen 17 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,400 to other little boys and girls, haven't you? 18 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,400 Their mothers and fathers never saw them again 19 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,400 I know you wouldn't wanna do that to your folks. 20 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,400 But sometimes boys and girls forget what 21 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,400 their parents and teachers tell them 22 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,400 about strangers. 23 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,400 And there's always the wise guy 24 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,400 who thinks he knows it all. 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,400 Remember the kids who get in trouble with strangers 26 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,400 are those who forget what they've been told, 27 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,400 and the ones who think they know more than 28 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,400 their parents and teachers. 29 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,400 I heard about the same things. 30 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,400 Why don't we all just 31 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,400 see how some of the other boys and girls 32 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,400 got mixed up with strangers. 33 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,400 so we can make sure it doesn't happen to [us/you?] 34 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,400 Remember the story about the little girl in the paper? 35 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,400 Hello, little lady! 36 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,400 All alone, aren't ya[you]? 37 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,400 Want'cha[Want a] ride? 38 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,400 I'll buy you some ice cream. 39 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,400 "Fear Cal.[California] Girl, Victim of Kidnap" [Newspaper headline] 40 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,400 Well, nobody ever saw her again. 41 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,400 It was in the headlines and on the radio. 42 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,400 You probably heard it. 43 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,400 "The police believe she was kidnapped. 44 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,400 They have no clues to the identity of the stranger in the shabby car. 45 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,400 Nobody has thought to take the license number of the car, 46 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,400 and if you see any little girl..." 47 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,400 That's the way it happened, 48 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,400 And just look at how sad it made her mother and father. 49 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,400 I had to tell them about it. 50 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,400 All because she forgot 51 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,400 what they had told her about strangers. 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,400 Now let's look at some of the places 53 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,400 and some of the ways you might run into trouble. 54 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,400 Let's see what we should do 55 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,400 if anything happens. 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,400 Here's one: a lonely alley 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,400 Anybody [wouldn't] try to arm you with 52 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,400 a lot of other kids around, wouldn't it? 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,400 What kind of a kid would a 54 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,400 man like that look for? 55 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,400 That's right. A wise guy, 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,400 like Jimmy here, 57 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,400 who thinks he knows everything. 58 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,400 Maybe he won't get into any trouble. 59 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,400 But he sure[is] takin' a chance. 60 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,400 I don't think it's worth it. Do you? 61 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,400 Now here's a place you always meet 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,400 a lot of friends, like the cowboy 63 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,400 up on the screen, 64 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,400 and the manager. 65 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,400 What if somebody says hello to you or 66 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,400 smiles, well that's alright. 67 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,400 Most everybody likes kids. 68 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,400 Whether they are strangers or whether they know you. 69 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,400 But watch this man! 70 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,400 He followed the little girl into the theater. 71 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,400 He isn't just an ordinary stranger 72 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,400 who likes kids. 73 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,400 He might make trouble. 74 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,400 Watch... 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,400 ...how he put his arm around her. 76 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,400 Never let anybody do that except 77 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,400 your own family. No stranger! 78 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,400 Thank goodness this little girl is smart. 79 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,400 She changed her seat. 80 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,400 Just what her parents [told her] to do. 81 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,400 That's exactly what you should do. 82 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,400 [another]? What'll she do now? 83 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,400 That's right! Get the usher. 84 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,400 If this should ever happen to you, 85 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,400 do the same thing. 86 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,400 The usher will make sure 87 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,400 none of the kids is ever bothered 88 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,400 by that man again. 89 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,400 You see how it works? 90 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,400 If you just remember what you've been told 91 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,400 and don't be a wise guy, 92 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,400 it's easy to stay out of trouble. 93 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,400 For instance, in a place like this park. 93 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,400 This little girl's mother told her never 94 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,400 to take candy from strangers. 95 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,400 Well... she forgot. 96 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,400 But her brother didn't. 97 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,400 He started to yell and the man ran away. 99 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,400 He was afraid of a policeman. 100 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,400 Remember that kid that saw good tricks. 101 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,400 Hello, Sally! I'm a friend of your mother. 102 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,400 She sent me to bring you home. 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,400 Come on! 104 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,400 Now Sally's mother told her 105 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,400 never to ride home with a stranger. 106 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,400 But Sally forgot too! 107 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,400 It was only because her b[rother] was smart and took 108 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,400 the l[icense] number that Sally ever got home. 109 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,400 Now we've seen some dumb bunnies so far, haven't we? 110 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,400 But these are the dumbest of all: 111 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,400 The hitchhikers. 112 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,400 Why? Well even if 113 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,400 the driver doesn't mean any harm, 114 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,400 and you're just plain lucky if he doesn't, 115 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,400 He may be a reckless driver 116 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,400 or a speeder. 117 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,400 This car might have bad brakes. 118 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,400 The hitchhiker doesn't know. 119 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,400 He just goes right along anyway. 120 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,400 Well, these kids aren't gonna 121 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,400 be so lucky. Too bad. 122 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,400 They asked for trouble and they're getting it. 123 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,400 Thank goodness one of the boys 124 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,400 kept his head. 125 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,400 He took the license number of the car, 126 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,400 and another boy saw a squad car coming down the next street. 127 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,400 Maybe the little girl can still be rescued. 128 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,400 "Police" [On automobile] 129 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,400 If they can get the radio alarm 130 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,400 out quick enough. 131 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,400 Just think, if they hadn't been hitching rides 132 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,400 this needn't have happened at all. 133 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,400 But that doesn't help much now, does it? 134 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,400 That's lucky! Two motorcycle policemen 135 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,400 got the alarm. 136 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,400 And there they go after him! 137 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,400 Just remember, whether you're a boy or a girl, 138 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,400 That might be you in that car 139 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,400 if you hitch rides. 140 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,400 Look at that! They got him! 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,400 This little girl is very, very lucky! 142 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,400 Who knows what might have happened if 143 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,400 one boy hadn't been smart enough 144 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,400 to take the license number. 145 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,400 Isn't it silly to worry your parents 146 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,400 and take chances like that? 147 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,400 Well, gang, what did we learn from all this? 148 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,400 Maybe Dodo here can show us! 149 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,400 He does everything wrong. 150 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,400 If Dodo meets a stranger in a lonely alley, 151 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,400 he just goes right along with him. 152 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,400 Or at the movies, 153 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,400 Dodo's[Dodo is] friends with anybody, 154 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,400 stranger or not. Isn't that dumb? 155 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,400 Sure, her parents tell her not to, 156 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,400 but Miss Dodo thinks she's smart. 157 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,400 She thinks they don't know what they're talking about. 158 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,400 You know what a Dodo is? 159 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,400 A Dodo is an extinct bird. 160 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,400 That means it isn't alive anymore. 161 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,400 That's the way this Dodo's going to be: 162 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,400 Extinct. 163 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,400 Taking all those chances. 164 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,400 "Dunce" [on hat] "I take chances" and "I use my head" [Signs] 165 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,400 Well, who do you want to be like, kids? 166 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,400 A dumb dodo or a really smart kid? 167 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,400 Well, that's about what I had to tell you. 168 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,400 Just remember those two things 169 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,400 to do what your teachers and parents tell you 170 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,400 and to be a really smart kid, 171 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,400 not a dumb dodo. 172 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,400 If you do, it'll be pretty hard 173 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,400 to get into trouble. 174 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,400 Well, kids, I'll be seein' ya[seeing you]. 175 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,400 The End A Sid Davis Production