World Carfree Day - Videos
In addition to the videos below (most hosted on other websites), The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative has several videos online.
Return of the Scorcher / We Are Traffic
(Ted White, 1992/1999, 28 min./50 min., DVD)
Two classic biking movies now on one DVD, plus extra footage that didnt make into the documentaries. Available from the World Carfree Network resource centre via online purchase (credit card) or mailorder (cash/cheque).
Autoschreck (Car Fright)
 (Roland Schraut, GER, 1994, 15 min.)
The car is taking over the city. Michael Hartmann refuses to bow to them, refuses even to divert around the cars illegally parked on the sidewalk. Autoschreck is a documentary about a man committed to a mental hospital for being perfectly normal. He was just giving the cars a taste of their own medicine.
watch on-line [English - RealMedia]
download [English - RealMedia, 26MB]
Order "PAL" video from World Carfree Network: credit card - cash/cheque
Source*
 (2005, 77 min., DVD. Region-free European "PAL" format, plays on any PC)
The tale of the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi pipeline is a tale of corruption, greed, and Western money flowing into the oil-soaked shores of the Caspian Sea. This documentary takes you to the source of Western oil dependency and
the human results of oil policy.
Available from World Carfree Network resource centre: credit card - cash/cheque
FREE ONLINE VIDEOS
A selection of videos availabe from online archives.
Towards Carfree Cities I Conference (Lyon, 1997)
(TCFC I Conference Participants, FR/NL, 1997, 35 min.)
A movement of activists has formed to liberate cities across Europe from cars, a growing movement making itself heard louder and louder across national boundaries and language barriers. At a conference called Towards Carfree Cities, this international movement came together for a first-time fusion of ideas, experiences and culture. The results of such an event, of course, can never be predicted.
watch on-line [English - RealMedia]
download [English - RealMedia, 59MB]
Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels
 (Extinction Stinks!, CAN, 2002, 6 min.)
The wild adventures of Vancouver's legendary band of mischevious, cycling velociraptors. A fun and inspiring video, light-hearted but serious at the same time.
link: Indymedia
The Life of Animals
 (Autoroutes.fr, FR, 2004, 30 seconds, Real Audio)
This short piece was made by the French roadways company. It depicts a deer, a rabbit and a beaver crossing a motorway with the aid of a trampoline. The implication being, of course, that motorway construction companies are responsible service providers.
link: Autoroutes.fr
Destination Earth
 (Sutherland Productions, sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, USA, 1956, 13 min.)
A martian goes to Earth to learn about the secret of transportation. Comedy ensues while he learns about oil-lubricated American greatness. Interesting mix of cute animation, conservative Cold War-era capitalist dogma, and narration so condescending it makes you cringe.
link: Prelinger Archive
In the Suburbs
 (On Film, Inc., sponsored by Redbook Magazine, USA, 1957, 19 min.)
A priceless view of the socio-economic conditions which led to what we now have to live with - the malling of the world. It looks cute today, but for everyone who laments the passing of community in the wake of McWorld, this film chronicles the beginning of the end.
link: Prelinger Archive
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