The Iron Graveyard
The Iron Graveyard
Wrecked cars in a junkyard, broken glass and mangled car bodies piled and sitting among overgrown weeds. VO adult male discusses the “automobile graveyard” and how cars come to arrive there due to unsafe driving and traffic accidents. Flowers growing in front of piles of junked cars. Crane and “car crusher” machine compacting junkyard cars. Crushed and wrecked cars piled in a junkyard. Titles and opening credits.
The Iron Graveyard
Wrecked car in a junkyard. Elderly adult Caucasian male junkyard attendant with cane and dog discusses traffic accidents that put cars in his lot. City and urban traffic montage: heavy highway traffic; busy city traffic; “Do Not Enter” road sign; yellow traffic light, Speed Limit sign; “E-Z Go” gas station sign; street sign for lane directions; ambulance pulling out of busy traffic into a Standard Oil gas station; traffic alongside a road construction site with signage and machinery; railroad crossing signal; traffic waiting for freight train to pass a railroad crossing. Man begins discussing the importance of safe driving for professional drivers to avoid accidents.
The Iron Graveyard
Expressway traffic near Dempster and Touhy exits on I-94; VO discusses highway safety when using exit ramps. Adult Caucasian man sitting in white cargo van, reading road map, planning expressway route and exit. VO discusses importance of knowing and watching for your exit. POV Expressway underpass sign “Nagle Ave. Next Right.” POV pulling into exit lane sign for “Nagle Ave.” Van driving onto exit ramp. POV on exit ramp. Van on exit ramp. VO discusses proper expressway exit procedure.
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Cement mixer truck among expressway traffic; VO discusses dangers of improper expressway exit procedure. Cement truck overshoots the exit and stops on side of road to back onto exit ramp. Stressed older adult Caucasian male wearing white tank top while behind wheel of cement truck. Audio of tires screeching with horn and cars in junkyard suggests this situation ended in an accident.
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VS adult African American male driving truck along city streets of North Side Chicago, while VO discusses the importance of being aware of surrounding traffic in the city: POV driving along Western Ave. near Belmont and Addison, cars pulling on and off road; eyes of African-American man scanning traffic and checking mirrors; CTA city bus in rear view mirror. Traffic on city street. Truck driving among city traffic. VO discusses stop and go traffic and safe following distance. Brake lights on rear end of car; audio of screeching tires and hard cut to cars in junkyard suggest a rear-end accident.
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POV driving north on Western Ave. near Addison Avenue, parallel-parked cars and Yamaha sign at Champion Cycle Center, storefronts, Waveland Bowl, etc. VO discusses the importance of watching the road for drivers about to pull out of their parking spots. VO discusses the signs a parked driver may ready to move: a driver behind the wheel, exhaust coming from the tail pipe, turn signal or brake lights. POV driving along North Side Chicago street with a parallel parked driver ready to pull out. Car with turn signal pulling out of a parallel parking space. Smoke coming from the exhaust pipe of a car. Parallel-parked car with brake lights, waiting for a bicyclist to pass at a stop sign before pulling out. Adult male African American driving truck, scanning road for parallel-parking drivers. Large passenger car poorly parallel-parked outside Rich's Britches men's store in Skokie; sidewalk sale, AMC Gremlin.
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UPS delivery truck driving along commercial street in Evanston. VO discusses watching out for angled parked cars, says to watch for smoke from the exhaust pipe and back-up (reverse) lights. Smoke coming from exhaust pipe of a rusted car as it backs out. Green passenger car parked next to Chevy Nova, backing out of parking spot. VO warns to be alert for cars backing out with faulty lights. POV along business district street (Central Ave in Wilmette); car backing out of parking space suddenly; audio of screeching tire and car crash ending with a mangled car in a junkyard.
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VS white cargo van (adult Caucasian male driver) driving along street in business district, stopping, properly parallel parking. VO discusses proper and safe parallel-parking procedures.
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Elderly adult Caucasian man in junkyard, discussing car accidents at intersections. VS Dean's refrigerated delivery truck driven by middle-aged adult Caucasian male approaching intersection and stopping; driver moving foot from brake to gas pedal; van comes out from blind spot and cuts off truck; audio of car crash and wrecked car in a junkyard. Junkyard attendant with dog discusses crashes at four-way stop intersections. Wrecked cars, smashed windshields in a junkyard; VO cites rolling stop and not waiting your turn at intersections as reasons for accidents.
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Greyhound bus driving under L-train tracks, possibly Lake Street, stopping at stop sign at four way intersection. VO discusses establishing eye contact with other drivers. Adult African-American male bus driver making eye contact with adult Caucasian male driver in Oldsmobile Cutlass at intersection. Bus driver driving. Greyhound bus driving through intersection under elevated train tracks. Traffic light changing from yellow to red. Chevrolet cargo van (Northern Illinois Gas) screeching to a stop at a crosswalk for pedestrians; adult Caucasian male driver looking embarrassed; pedestrians including a young adult Caucasian couple holding hands pass in front and behind van.
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Wrecked cars in junkyard. VO discusses cars that have been hit in their right front end; discussion of safety while making left turns. VS Chevrolet cargo van pulling into left turn lane, turning wheels slightly; foot over gas pedal; front end, left turn signal flashing. Audio of car being rear ended and car in junkyard. VO discusses being rear ended and pushed into traffic while waiting to make a left turn. VO discusses good left turn procedure. Adult Caucasian male van driver of Chevy cargo van pulling into left turn lane, keeping wheels straight. Left turn signal on front end of van; van making left turn. Van passing gas station, semi-truck with RC Cola trailer.
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POV driving passing pedestrian crossing and “bicycle route” road signs in front of a school in Evanston. Flatbed truck carrying cargo along urban street, passing school zone speed limit sign. Pedestrian crosswalk signal: “Don’t Walk.” VO discusses pedestrian safety when driving, regarding children and the elderly. POV driving on urban street, passing young adult Caucasian woman walking a bicycle, stopping for elderly adult Caucasian woman to cross the street. VO discusses using patience when dealing with “confused old people.” Elderly adult Caucasian man smoking a pipe while crossing street. VO discusses dangers of children in the streets. Teenage Caucasian girl running into residential street to retrieve a Frisbee; parallel parked cars and urban duplex apartment buildings. Two Caucasian boys waiting on bikes at an intersection along Green Bay Road in Wilmette; one bicycle has a banana seat. Caucasian boy and girl riding bikes in street.
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Wrecked black Volkswagen Beetle in junkyard. VO discusses using precaution with small cars and motorcycles. High angle shot of tractor-trailer on city street preparing to make a button hook (wide) right turn; VW Bug squeezes past on the right and cuts off semi-truck. VO discusses closing your lanes and proper wide turn procedure. Tractor-trailer on urban street; adult Caucasian male truck driver checking his mirror, VW Beetle in rear view mirror; truck closes off extra space.
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Elderly adult Caucasian junkyard attendant discussing the downside of his job and having to take wrecked vehicles. Adult African-American male truck driver scanning road with eyes. U.S. Postal Service mail truck on urban street, Caucasian mailman driving. Heavy expressway traffic. CTA city bus signaling and pulling onto city street. POV driving on street in commercial district (Central Ave in Wilmette, by Wilmette Theater) with angle parked cars. Middle-aged adult Caucasian man and woman crossing crosswalk. School bus dropping of student, signaling for traffic to stop.
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Elderly adult Caucasian male junkyard attendant sitting in junkyard, sunny day; car horn honks, attendant gets up with his cane to take another car accident vehicle into junkyard. Attendant meeting tow truck at junkyard gate. Rusty, wrecked delivery truck in junkyard. End credits.