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Your Permit to Drive

1951/10 min 19 sec/52 shots

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This 1951 General Motors driver-safety film personifies a driver’s license to celebrate the mobility and economic benefits of automobiles and highways while emphasizing that driving is a privilege requiring skill, courtesy, alertness, and obedience to traffic laws.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: General Motors Photographic
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Your Permit to Drive
Date: 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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