This late 1960s color training film for police officers “Play it Cool – A Question of Attitudes” is about how attitudes affect situations between police and citizens. It was produced in cooperation with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. and distributed by Association Instructional Materials. It was written and directed by Lee R. Bobker. Some of the film is just the narrator looking at the camera and explaining points. The film opens from the vantage point of a group of teenagers sitting on a car hood parked along the street. Two police officers approach. One uses his billy club to touch the chest of one of the young men. This is seen as an escalation and the guys get more aggressive in their speech. The same situation is shown from the police officers’ point of view, who see the guys as belligerent and argumentative (:08-2:44). The confrontation is shown again (4:11-5:00). A motorcycle officer with sirens on aggressively points and pulls a car over, sternly approaches the car, and brusquely asks questions. The same scenario is shown with the officer using a friendlier approach, and the driver is also much friendlier in return (6:00-8:28). Two men argue on a street corner and start a fist fight. Two officers run up and try to aggressively separate the two men, leaving them in proximity to each other and they attack each other again. The scene is shown again with the two officers each taking one of the men and walking and talking with them in opposite directions (8:30-10:45). A group of high school students are blocking the entrance to the high school. Some walk and carry picket signs. Two officers aggressively arrive and demand the students break it up without allowing them to even talk and explain. A fight ensues between students and the police become involved in it. The same scenario is shown with the officers approaching in a non-threatening manner. They ask the students to explain the situation and talk them into dispersing on their own (10:46-14:58).

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