Still image from Time to Consider in Movie Makers, Dec. 1948, 476.
English
400 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"When a preaching film turns out to be entertaining, the advice it offers is more likely to be remembered and heeded. In Time To Consider, a film that advocates bicycle safety, the Fourfold Film Society dramatized its subject with delightful imagination and refreshing use of the black and white medium. A pompous gentleman, after being splashed by a bus on the way to his club, vents his ire by "writing to the Times." A messenger takes the envelope, which is addressed simply Time," and starts off on his bicycle, only to be run over in traffic. The film then switches to fantasy, as the messenger, dressed now in white livery, delivers the letter to Father Time's heavenly establishment. Father Time, peering at a celestial television screen, observes the various traffic mistakes that mortals make and, between sequences showing unwise behavior, he dictates the rules of proper procedure. The production's few scenes of uneven exposure are more than made up for by its rich imagination, excellent cutting and refreshing camera treatment." Movie Makers, Dec. 1948, 495-496.
Discussed in Home Movies (June 1947, 364).
The Fourfold Film Society, from Golders Green, England, reportedly constructed a "cinema van for touring the countryside and presenting amateur film shows." Time to Consider was a part of their touring program (Movie Makers, Dec. 1948, 501).
The film won second prize in an English amateur film contest sponsored by Amateur Cine World in 1948 (Movie Makers, June 1948, 454-455). It was also selected to represent England at the Prague International Film Festival in 1948 (Movie Makers, Oct. 1948, 386).
See a record of the film at BFI, which includes additional production credits.
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
Amateur Cinema