The Bottle and the Throttle

The Bottle and the Throttle

Rejissyor: Davis (Sid) Productions. Studies problems of drinking and driving, emphasizing the error of the statement that you must be drunk before your driving ability is materially impaired. Uses the story of a teenage couple who are involved in a serious accident on the way home from the beach. Eighteen year old Bill drinks some beer with his friends at the beach and hits a mother with her child crossing the street while driving afterwards. Although he has not drunk enough to be faced with a drunk driving charge, he must live with the knowledge that he killed a child and crippled a mother. Close-up of red rotating police light. Woman and child lying on street near stopped white Mustang and are being covered up by two police officers. A purse and a doll are scattered on the street. Police officer leading young man in sobriety test. Animation drawing of alcoholic beverage being consumed, a flaming cartoon liver, modular brain with gadgets in it and widely vibrating line. Cartoon figure punching another and flexing muscles. Swerving and wavering drunk driving vehicle on one lane road. Close-ups of a variety of alcoholic beverages, some being mixed. Animation drawing of clock hands spinning. Close-ups of smashed front and rear ends of vehicles and smashed windshield. Close-up of cigarette being put out in empty and progressively fuller ashtray. Very rapid zoom in on man's alarmed face (mouth open) driving a car. "Teenagers" chugging Hamm's beer at a lakeside party, casually making shots with cans at the trash, young woman happily opens a can of beer which sprays on her, close-up of teenage guy chugging a Hamms. Woman and child crossing the street are approached by speeding car, close-up of alarmed woman's face, bike rolling out from front of vehicle, woman rolling across hood. Close-up of police officer 's face with moustache and helmet. Police car in foreground, handcuffed young man being put into police car in background which then drives away. 15:58:29:06 CU spinning flashing red lights of police sir

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