The Story of the Bobcat Kid [1974]

16 mm composite optical track print, 775 feet, 22 minutes%A Bill Snyder film describing the safety precautions necessary to operate Bobcats via the cowboy campfire song of the Bobcat Kid, a reckless Bobcat operator. These principles include obeying the center of gravity, riding on inclines, using a secure dock plate, turning the machine off when not in use and not going where you cannot see. The cowboy and other operators are shown disobeying safety rules and comically suffering the consequences. Bobcats are shown tipping over, crashing with forklifts, falling off the edge of a loading dock, hitting a truck, carrying three girls around, being illegally operated by young boys, running over a doghouse and lawn chair, and dropping a rock on the top of the machine. The cowboy is also shown operating a Bobcat in a manner similar to riding a bull.