The Israel Film Service Collection

Zero One To Avi!, Episode 5: Bicycle

9 Minutes, 1973
Genre:
Short Film

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Directed by: Zvi Gera
Cast: Heli Goldenberg, ,
Production Company:Israel Film Service
Photographer: Yehiel Neeman
Language: Hebrew
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Subtitles: English, Hebrew

An episode of the childrens series One Zero to Avi, which was produced in the 1970s by the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the National Council for the Prevention of Accidents. The series is based on the tradition of childrens companies, such as Hasamba or The Famous Five. The group at the center of the current series is working to increase road safety and prevent accidents. The group is led by the bespectacled Avi, who owns a talking parrot. Avi and his friends, all elementary school students, communicate with each other on walkietalkies which is the source for the series name.
In this episode, Eitan summons the group after seeing a boy and a girl driving wildly on their bikes (played by Yair Nitzani and Chelly Goldenberg). The group follows the couple and catches up with them. Avi uses a special rod to stop the teenagers bike. The boy is angry and threatens to hit Avi, but at the end of the fight, Avi wins and explains to the boy why it is worth keeping safe on the road.