Understanding The Car. How To Drive. Ep1

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1969. Directed by John Edwards. Cinematographer Don McAlpine. Narrated by James Dibble. Episode 1 of a 14 part series on road safety. This in depth series starts at the very basics of car maintenance ensuring your vehicle is road worthy and of the highest safety standard. In this episode we learn how a car works. As stated "some knowledge of how a car works is a good basis for the intelligent use of its controls".

[@Turnah81]

Cool, that is some pretty involved props in use the. Love the light board. Good concept before cg animation was about.

[@dominicgalvin]

Fantastic, i look forward to the next installment!

[@zoltanmgs9385]

Just can't wait to watch the next parts. Brilliant :)

[@dfalconerio]

back when the police were there to educate us. this video should be compulsory for learners.

[@Homeo67]

Great video !
Thank you.
Wonder what ever happened to the cut-away Falcon ?

[@NFSAFilms]

Peter Raymond Good question.

[@jonathonshanecrawford1840]

Even though the measurements are out if date *imperial* as to *metric* the basics are still the same today!
The *NEED to show* these video (films) at secondary school for the whole of Australia and New Zealand!
Even better remake them (metric version) for today!
😀😀😀😀😀 ☀☀☀☀☀

[@26TptCoy]

Can they educate school children in this as a subject after all most will end up driving sometime. The cut away car is probably around somewhere. In Sydney they had a similar Falcon XP in the museum of Applied Arts and Sciences which became the Powerhouse Museum.

[@FrothNinja]

Thanks for posting this, my mum got her license not long after this was made. Is it Victorian? Doesn't sound like a Queenslander

[@NFSAFilms]

FrothNinja Yes I believe it is mainly made in Victoria. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@peterm1826]

that small motor at 9:01 is called a starter motor

[@saxongreen78]

Does anyone know if that cutaway Falcon still exists? Brilliant model, must have taken some work to finish...and that was a brand new car they hacked up!

[@NFSAFilms]

saxongreen78 yes would be great to know where it is.

[@MeFrom07]

There are also cutaways of AU Falcons on display in Geelong, as well as an XB Falcon in Melbourne and XP in Sydney. Ford probably made a cutaway car every time they released a new model, so it could still exist.

[@peterm1826]

yes its at power house museum

[@andrewneill9873]

Everything about this video is SOOOOOO relevant when you're restoring a 1977 XC Falcon...

[@Sensekhmet]

Inline 6??? Pffft! By our deeds we honour him, V8!!!