For Safety's Sake
For Safety's Sake
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 97559 I and 42992 tape 2 01:00:00 This World War Two-era film takes place in Your Town, USA, and begins with a somewhat bombastic statement to the effect that the 50,000,000 workers in this country work for only one purpose and that is "more production". The film shows Joe Workers near electrocution with an ungrounded drill and subsequently proceeds to Safety Director Charles Adams' high-rise office where a lecture on power tools ensues--concluding with the 10 Commandments thereof. The film has considerable historical appeal and potential. The Safety director in this oldie is a typical Hollywood type of the era, who is elegantly attired and officed. Atypically, he offers the two new employees a cigarette during their orientation, which he lights for each, and then launches into an improbable lecture on power drill safety. This is followed by an equally unbelievable soliloquy on Plant Safety by Joe Worker. Film is quite illustrative of propagandized approach to safety.