Firestone rubber factory burning at night in Fall River, MA

b&w newsreel - w/s horse race Steeplechase Grand National - hurdles - horse falls after the water jump when Pelorous Jack cuts across and spills Gregalach - same shot from a different closer angle in slow motion - another accident as a horse falls - horse racing - horse injured jumping injuries

01:26:59 – 01:38:38>>> Black and White A public service segment that shows the dangers that children put themselves into. Shots include: boy diving into a pool and his friend jumps on him – he lies face down in the pool; Doctor and nurse resuscitating; three boys playing with fire and one throws gasoline on the fire burning one of his friends; shot of a boy with heavy bandages being places on his face; kicks daring each other to jump from a high place – the one breaks his leg; a boy having a cast put on; kids playing ball in the street – one isn’t paying attention and gets hit by a car turning the corner; an ambulance driving down main street; two boys horsing around in a canoe – one boy stands up and fall into the water; kids playing with a gun – shots it an it ricochets and his the other in the eye; boy walking down the street with an eye patch; little girl cutting out paper dolls, she gets up with scissors in her hand and trips on the rug; a boy playing too close to a cliff – he falls and is rescued by a policeman who ties a rope to the fence (the boy falling is AMAZING – the dummy is so fake); children in a hospital ward – bedridden.

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Point to point race - great many falls. Location of events unknown. <br/> <br/>Various shots of horses going over hedges and walls; and at nearly every jump someone takes a tumble. Runners and riders fall in every possible way; but most are not seriously hurt. Accidents; horseback riding; sports.

William 'Red' Hill rides the Niagara Falls in Canada. Hill and other men look at a barrel. Hill seated on the ground and pets a dog. People stand nearby. The barrel is towed down to the river. Hill in the barrel underway toward Niagara Falls. The barrel underway in the river. The barrel moves down into the water and Hill dies in the accident going over the falls. Hill's family members cry. Location: Canada Niagara Falls. Date: August 6, 1951.

HAND TRUCK LOADED WITH SUPPLIES BOXES FALL FROM TRUCK ACCIDENT BOXES TOPPLE ON PASSING BYSTANDER ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY CARELESS LOADING OF TRUCKS

Official films show the catastrophic launching attempt of America's first space satellite, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The giant Vanguard rocket barely lifts off the ground before it falls back and explodes accident.

MS of girl at work at computer console. Shot of hand turning machine on. PAN to cards falling into sorting slots, hands removing cards from slots. CU of hands on keyboard of computer, of machine, of cards moving jerkyly through machine. Shots of hands on keyboard, women at work, details of accident on reports.

BUNGEE JUMP ACCIDENT CAUGHT ON TAPE.

Safety in Offices

05/08/68 A0051253 HOMINY FALLS, WEST VIRGINIA - WORKMEN TRY TO SAVE TRAPPED MEN AFTER HOMINY FALLS MINE ACCIDENT CUT STORY "MINE TRAGEDY" SHOWS: GS OF THE MINE AREA AND SOME MINERS STANDING BY AND SOME WORKING SENDING SOMETHING DOWN A PIPE; SHOTS OF SOME WOMEN & NUNS LOOKING ON, ONE HOLDING A LITTLE BOY; LS OF THE AREA; (SHOT 5/?/68 - 40FT) WEST VIRGINIA - HOMINY FALLS MINE ACCIDENTS - WEST VIRGINIA - HOMINY FALLS XX / 40 FT / 16 / NEG / D19574 60 FT / 16 / NEG / CUTS

STAGED CAR ACCIDENT & ROOFING ACCIDENT. (or rather, NEAR-accident, no one actually gets hit....bummer) 01:00:06 High angle, tight shot looking down on two-lane road, cars passing, Beat up old blue car drives across the center line and runs up on the curb. TAKE 2: Blue car crosses line again, this time a station wagon brakes, just missing hitting the blue car. TAKE 3: Blue car goes farther up the curb. TAKE 4: Different angle, closer on blue car TAKES 5&6: CU on station wagon braking 01:02:30 Accident from angle of station wagon wheels 01:03:50 accident from POV of station wagon (this one is much better, the accident looks more violent, more real) 01:04:14 CU black woman driver (wearing pearls) inside station wagon, whiplash, several takes, @ 01:05:40 takes become dark, so woman's face is basically obscured, then gets light again 01:08:35 Station wagon comes straight towards camera, accident, station wagon doesn't break in front of the swerving car, some minor damage 01:09:36 Real action! Station wagon smashes into blue car 01:10:00 Blue car smashed up, woman runs up to station wagon to help black woman driver, whose face is head down on the steering wheel (death? unconscious?) 01:11:09 ROOFING ACCIDENT two men building a house, on top of the roof, one sways arms wildly and falls backwards into wood 01:11:40 CU man falling shot from ground angle 01:11:49 CU man falling, face clearly visible, shot from on top of roof 01:12:05 fallen man in pile of wood, sawdust, hurt, lying on ground (injury) 02:13:35 more CAR accident, slow motion (cars are beat up by now) 02:14:25 NICE slow motion station wagon smashing into blue car, glass shatters and flies everywhere 02:16:50 Slow motion ROOFING accident, feet of guy falling of roof, guy smashes through wooden boards on ground

Supervisor calling an ambulance after a worker had an accident at a construction site - Emergency and disaster concepts

Cycling accident, animation.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

05/07/68 A0050879 - C0003027 WEST VIRGINIA: INTERVIEW S WITH MINERS WIVES ABOUT THE MINING ACCIDENT IN HOMINY FALLS: UNCUT: MINING ACCIDENT: SHOWS: SEV SHOTS OF A REPORTER INTERVIEWING MINER OFFICIALS AND A MINE WORKER: ALSO THE MINERS WIVES ABOUT THE TRAPPED MINERS: (SHOT 5/7/68 400FT) WEST VIRGINIA - HOMINY FALLS MINE ACCIDENTS - WEST VIRGINIA - HOMINY FALLS BOYLE / 400FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / D19582 / 83 / 400 FT / 16 POS/ COLOR /

MINOR CAR/AUTO ACCIDENTS FROM 1950S TO 1990S: NEAR HITS, REAR ENDS,FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS AND STREET ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE DRIVING AND ROAD SIGNS, ACCIDENTS DUE TO BAD WEATHER

This 1948 American Red Cross black-and-white short film titled “Danger is Your Companion” is produced by Ted Nemeth Studios. It promotes the importance of being first aid ready in an age (late 1940s) of increasing accidents. The film is written by Joel Weil, narrated by Dwight Weist, and photographed by Saul S. Midwall. <p><p>“Danger is Your Companion” title banner (00:06). Credits (00:10). Cars driving through a town (00:20). A man talks to another man sitting in his car (00:44). The standing man buys a newspaper (00:48). The “Star Tribune” front page about an accident (00:53). The two men discuss the increasing number of accidents (00:57). The man in the car starts driving and nearly hits a woman in the street (01:33). The other man helps the woman (01:35). Books and pamphlets about safety (01:42). Street signs urging drivers to remain careful to avoid accidents (01:52). Poster urging people to act carefully to avoid accidents (02:08). A Dept. of Public Health office (02:24). Two men converse in the office (02:31). They discuss graphs revealing yearly deaths from accidents (02:34). An illustration explaining the main causes of death in the USA starting with diseases including influenza, meningitis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, etc. (02:39). Next it shows the number of deadly accidents accountable for more than 50% of all deaths (03:12). Newspaper headlines about accidents (03:26). A man pulls over and attends to two lifeless bodies lying in the street after they’ve been in a car accident (03:35). Another doctor man at the scene and treats the wounded (04:32). The woman of the accident lies wrapped in gauze in a hospital bed (05:03). A nurse and a doctor attend to her (05:15). The doctor speaks to the camera about how the second man who arrived at the scene saved her life because he knew first aid (05:22). He continues speaking about the importance of civilians knowing first aid (05:47). An American Red Cross “First Aid Textbook” (06:32). A first aid class (06:37). The participants perform exercises to practice first aid skills such as wrapping gauze on hands and feet (06:56). “Should you put antiseptic on cuts?” text overlay (07:30). “Should you put oil or grease on a burn?” text overlay (07:37). “Should you give bread in case of fishbone in throat?” (07:44). “Should you move a person who has a brain concussion?” (07:49). “What is first aid for a heart attack?” (07:56). The Red Cross first aid class continues (08:02). Industrial buildings (08:26). A “Safety Engineer” office (08:36). Two men are in the office (08:39). Views of factory workers and a safety engineer providing safety instruction (08:42). Workers look at posters displaying safety instructions (08:57). Factory workers attend a class for workplace safety and first aid (09:22). Documents of industrial safety organizations (09:39). Informational text overlay (09:44). Views of industrial farm work (10:04). Footage portraying dangers of accidents for children and adults on a farm (10:13). Children biking (10:41). School children (10:46). A girl rollerskating home (10:55). She removes her skates and leaves them on the steps to the house (11:03). A woman exits the house and falls by stepping on the roller skates (11:15). A boy is playing with matches on the floor (11:30). A man trips on carpet down the stairs (11:35). A man falls from standing on a chair (11:39). Cars driving (11:41). A sign displaying a five year accident toll (11:56). Four teenagers go on a drive (12:04). Newspaper headlines about accidents overlaid on screen (12:40). The teenagers drive recklessly (12:51). They get in an accident (13:26). Other cars pull over and people rush to perform first aid on the teenagers (13:29). An ambulance arrives (14:42). A drawing of a hand holding two people performing first aid on a lifeless body (15:36), then holding a medical card (15:43). “The End” text overlay (15:50). <p><p>Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below.<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

Cycling accident, animation.

Elderly accident falling down stairs