Watch Take Your Choice

Jeff is an average guy in most ways. But he thinks he lives a "charmed life" so why should he bother with irksome safety procedures? Because high school chemistry class is a hotbed of potentially disastrous accidents, that's why. Cruelly made to ponder all the fun activities he'll be missing from now on, Jeff wonders, "Is this world of color and action to be shut out forever?" after his careless disuse of safety goggles has serious consequences. This grim cautionary miniature was produced by the Detroit Society for the Prevention of Blindness and, for its era, TAKE YOUR CHOICE is notable for stressing multiracial friendships in Jeff's school milieu. - Dennis Harvey