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- A high-school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light again.
- This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
- In this educational short film, a traffic investigator interviews the friends and family of a teenager who died in a car accident in order to understand how his driving habits and attitudes may have contributed to the accident.
- A Juvenile Court judge is at a loss to understand why so many of America's youths are marijuana addicts, so he decides to investigate on his own. He visits Phyllis, a high school senior and former heroin junkie, who tells him about the horrible effects heroin has had on her. She managed to overcome her addiction to marijuana and heroin, but in the process ruined her hair. This leads the judge to the logical conclusion that the drug problem in the U.S. was introduced by the godless Soviet Communists in an effort to "undermine morale" and that the way to stop the drug epidemic was to "use common sense" (an earlier version, apparently, of the Reagan-era "Just Say No!" campaign, and which had pretty much the same effect--i.e., none).
- This film warns girls of the dangers they face from the opposite sex: rape, pregnancy, "social diseases" and murder.
- An educational short film explaining the dangers of marijuana use via the story of a young man named Tom, his parents, and Tom's pot-smoking friends.
- Wendy and Jamie learn to be safe when walking to and from school. Their teacher tells them to turn down rides and gifts from strangers, avoid alleys, and consider the policeman their best friend.
- Two street gangs, one white and one Chicano, are on a course for a major clash until a friendly police officer suggests that they have a sit-down dinner together.
- The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.
- In this social guidance short film, teens on the make spread syphilis among their friends.
- A troubled young teenager has trouble dealing with the death of his mother and his ill treatment by his stepfather.
- One of Santa Claus' "brownies" (elves) introduces the story of the Fairy Snow Queen, who plays a trick on Santa Claus by bringing all the toys to life just before Claus is due to deliver them to children around the world. She shows Claus what she's done and the toys demonstrate their abilities. The toys are distraught when Claus says they must be turned back into inanimate objects in time for Christmas, but the Fairy Snow Queen comes up with a plan to make everyone happy.
- Pretty high school student Jeanette starts hanging with a wild crowd, popping "bennies, uppers" and other pills. She graduates to (gasp!) marijuana, which of course means that she is immediately becomes a heroin addict and a streetwalker.
- In this film, a police officer tells children about the dangers of accepting rides or presents from strangers, and relates the unfortunate stories of several children who did and were never seen again.
- The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.
- A carload of teenagers wants to buy some liquor, but the clerk at the liquor store won't sell them any because they're underage. They stop a pedestrian outside the store and ask if he'll buy them liquor. He proceeds to tell them a story about some teenagers he knew who drank and drove, and the consequences they suffered.
- Sammy, an average teenager, apparently has one flaw: an "attitude" about driving. He mocks those who drive safely, and speeds all over town, encouraged by his girlfriend, who finds his recklessness "manly" and "courageous." Sammy finally bites the bullet, and is killed in a car crash--caused not only by his speeding, says a police officer, but by his "immature defiance of authority" and "unhealthy thrill seeking."
- The dangers of showing off while riding bicycles is related by a boy whose young brother foolishly disregarded safety instructions.
- An advertising executive at a tobacco company sees that the medical community's anti-smoking programs directed at teenagers is having an effect on cigarette sales by his company. He devises an advertising campaign to show teenagers--especially boys--that cigarette smoking is "cool" and that real "tough guys"l don't pay attention to the anti-smoking messages and smoke anyway.
- The perils of children acting first and thinking later are illustrated in these stories of what happens to children who exhibit such rash behavior.
- Paul and his two friends come across a new convertible that is parked with the keys still in the ignition. While Paul's friends want to hop in the car and take it for a joyride, Paul isn't quite sure if he wants to engage in that type of criminal behavior.
- Edie, a teenage runaway in juvenile court, hears stories of horrors that befall teenager girls who don't listen to their parents or other authority figures.
- A misfit teenager with a passion for hot rods - and trouble - moves to a California town where he learns the errors of his ways and becomes a model hot rodder.
- Tony, a good student, is driving his car when he is broadsided by an older man driving a Cadillac. Another driver sees the accident and knows it was the Cadillac driver's fault, but he just drives away. The authorities and adults believe that Tony was at fault, because they think he's "just another wild teenage driver." Tony gets his friendsd to try to find the missing witness who can clear him.
- A popular high school girl is the victim of malicious gossip, spread by a jilted boyfriend, and it nearly ruins her life.
- Jerry is a rebellious high school student, who refuses to listen to teachers, adults or anyone in authority. He rides his bicycle in traffic, believes that rules "aren't made for me, " and finally goes over the line when he sneaks into a science lab and spray-paints a lab coat. Quick detective work pins the caper on Jerry, and as he sits outside the principal's office, awaiting his punishment, he reflects on the path his nonconformity has taken him.
- Revised version of the 1962 film The ABC Of Babysitting. Covers safety rules to be observed while babysitting, using the situation of a babysitter's employment and experiences.
- Children are taught the benefits of safe practices, such as looking both ways before crossing the street, and the different distances it takes bicycles and cars to stop.
- A young boy is shown the dangers of everyday life and is instructed that it is his "duty and responsiblity" to use and pay attention to street lights, crosswalks, traffic signals, and other safety devices.
- Illustrates how people walk in streets like the alphabet. Shows among others the G-Walker, who doesn't look where he's going but says 'Gee, look at that,' the Y-Walker, who says 'Why walk when you can hitch a ride' and the familiar J-Walker.
- The four periods of growing up, from birth to age 20, are highlighted in this training film about learning how to accept help from others.
- The dangers of carelessness and inattention are dramatized by the case of poor little Jimmy, who has been having a tough day. Because of his carelessnss and inattention, he runs into a tree, steps on a nail, flies a kite in a rainstorm, and digs a cave in a hillside, which promptly collapses on him.
- Susan, a little white girl, moves into a racially mixed neighborhood. Soon some of the local kids come over and ask her to play with them. She does, but her dog, Skipper, will have nothing to do with such funny-looking children (he says, via the narrator). Soon, however, Skipper accidentally gets some paint spilled on him, and the neighborhood dogs attack him, as they don't want somebody who's "funny looking" in their neighborhood, either. Skipper realizes that his intolerant attitude toward the children was just as bad as his fellow dogs' attitude toward him, and vows to change his ways.
- Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a joyride. They're caught and thrown in jail, and, as the narrator says, this proves that pranks lead to "habit-forming wildness," and, of course, such anti-social behavior cannot be allowed to happen.
- "Skateboard Sense" is a 1975 educational short on the sport of Skateboarding, and how to sensibly participate in skateboarding.
- NHRA drag racing team travels cross country for a big meet.
- A little girl is taken by a child molester but is rescued in the nick of time by the police. The officers explain to the child the best ways to avoid getting in dangerous situations such as that, and how to handle them if and when they happen.
- Johnny and Laurie's home catches on fire, and burns to the ground. However, according to this film, the main reason the house was destroyed was because when the family first noticed the fire, they tried to put it out themselves instead of calling the fire department. The folly of trying to take care of problems on your own, instead of depending on a government agency to take care of them for you, is thereby demonstrated.
- A young man drops out of high school and soon his self-esteem and life spiral downward as he struggles to find and keep a job, can no longer relate to his friends still in school, and falls in with a new crowd on the seamy side of town.
- High-school teens in San Francisco decide to compete in the Mopbilgas "Safety Economy Run", sponsored by the General Petroleum Co., a supervised economy run around the San Francisco area, to show that teenagers aren't the wild and irresponsible drivers that many adults assume them to be.