“THE BACS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING” 1980S CARTOON PSA ON DANGERS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING XD50054

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website “The .’s of Drinking and Driving“ is an Informational cartoon from 1980 on the effects of drinking on driving, made by Portafilms, a production company based in Michigan. The film was made to show in driver’s education classes as part of the curriculum. Title credits, consultants Kent Joscelyn and Dr. John Mazzuchi (0:31). Story Bill Murray, animation Stu Knickerbocker, arts and camera Maria Timmerman, and editing John King (0:38). Animation of cat chasing a mouse (1:00). Narrator explains had no one is killed in cartoons (1:10). Title of “Ned n’ Ned” show (1:13). Animated show ends and cat and mouse talk about how it is hard work (1:30). Mouse offers cat a drink, presumably of alcohol (1:35). Cat and mouse continue to drink (1:45). Animation switches to animation of drinking bar fly (2:00). Fly gets into a car (2:05). Narration of a poem of bar fly crashing his car and dying (2:15). Cat says to mouse that they know if they have drunk too much. They continue to drink (2:40). Cat and mouse get into their cars after assuring each other they are good to drive (2:53). Cars swerving on road, mouse plays with the radio (3:00). Mouse runs a red light (3:18). Narration from radio on how alcohol affects judgement (3:39). Mouse and cat race through wooded area (3:41). Mouse crashes into a tree (4:00). Cat wakes mouse up. Dog policeman interrogates mouse on drinking (4:28). Dog policeman administers a BAC test on mouse (4:49). Mouse fails test and cat passes although is considered legally impaired to drive (5:13). Cat mentions that he and the mouse had the same number of drinks and wonders why he failed. Dog policeman explains that bodyweight can play a role in BAC (5:30). Radio narrator describes the mouse’s arrest in producer’s office (5:51). Producer complains about negative public publicity and debate solutions (6:30). Cat suggests he and the mouse make a public apology and then create film on dangers of drinking and driving (6:55). Newspaper footage of cat and mouse making a public apology (7:05). Mouse explains how alcohol is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. X-ray animation of alcohol being absorbed into the mouses body (7:33). Absorption of alcohol can be slowed by consumption of food (7:43). Greater the alcohol in bloodstream the greater the effect on behavior (8:05). Narrator explains blood alcohol level can be measured by blood, urine, or breath (8:17). Narrator describes blood alcohol concentration and breath alcohol concentration. Breath test are now widely used by law enforcement (8:27). Animated BAC curve is graphed to demonstrate impact of alcohol depending on weight and time (9:44). Narrator explains only way to sober up is time, animation of clock with amount of time to reduce BAC (10:10). Cold showers, coffee, and physical exertion will wake you up but not increase alcohol elimination rate (10:27). Doctor character explains impact of alcohol on judgement and driving (11:10). Mouse in driving simulator. Doctor explains how this was a real research test (11:30). Driving simulator using projector. Peripheral vision and reaction time is measured. Mouse crashes (12:05). Narrator explains while level differs among individuals, alcohol has an impact on driving and as people get drunker, driving ability is impaired (12:25). Cat is shown drinking and taking BAC test. Narrator explains % is considered impaired in some states (12:40). Animation of accident chart that summarizes results of 18 different studies (13:15). Shows that majority of drivers in more serious crashes were intoxicated (13:42). Odds of BAC level to crash are shown on a chart (14:15). Producer decides to end filming for the day. Cat and mouse get in discussion about cat’s driving ability (15:00). Cat gets in simulator to demonstrate driving ability (15:15). Despite mouse’s complaints cat decides to drive instead of waiting for taxi (15:30). Cat crashes car into tree and presumably dies (15:50). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit