Summary

Accidents Don't Just Happen

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Title: Accidents Don't Just Happen
File Number: PA-0412 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Educational Industrial
Year: 01/01/1958
Subjects: ACCIDENTS HEALTH AND SAFETY
Description: Accidents Don't Just Happen Discusses and demonstrates underlying factors in accident causation Danger Lurks: Nice title card (the actual title of the film) The word ACCIDENTS is flashing yellow Great shot of red ambulance coming down street towards camera CU loudspeaker: Dr Martin, please report to surgery Operating Rooms: Slow zoom towards silver, swinging doors of operating room CU of respirator bag going in and out Sound of breathing and intense music Respiratory bag stops moving and sound of breathing stops Surgeon and nurses (in blue scrubs) walk away Surgeon takes off his mask Nurse helps him disrobe He leaves operating room he enters doctor's lounge SAFETY GEEKS: Surgeon reclines on leather sofa and leisurely looks through an orange book entitled Accident Facts He falls asleep DREAMS: After he falls asleep, the screen becomes fuzzy Fades to an excellent animated EKG which goes to a flatline This image is repeated in the end of the film DEATH VISUALIZATION: VO flatline: And the heart beat stopped sound of life silenced Another accident They say accidents have killed ten times as many people as wars
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