1950-19591950s INDUSTRIAL
A SPECIAL REPORT ON PASSENGER SAFETY
HOSTED BY ART FLEMING OF JEOPARDY FAME
1950s AUTO PASSENGER SAFETY, Crash Test Dummies
HOSTED BY ART FLEMING OF JEOPARDY FAME
1950s AUTO PASSENGER SAFETY, Crash Test Dummies
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JET PROPELLED VEHICLE WITH TEST PILOT STRAPPED IN SEAT SPEEDS AT OVER 600 MPH, ON TRACKS, THEN COMES TO SUDDEN STOP. CU VIEW PILOT SHOWING BODY STRESS AS HE SPEEDS ON TRACK
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| 00:43:22 45.6 |
MS ART FLEMING OF "JEOPARDY" FAME, TELLS OF THE EXPERIMENTATION AUTO SAFETY CONDUCTED BY CORNELL UNIV, DEVOTED TO SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION. PRIMARILY, AUTO CRASH INJURY.
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| 00:44:17 100.6 |
SAFETY EXPERTS AND FLEMING FILL SEATS IN AUDITORIUM AT CORNELL UNIV TO LISTEN TO COL. JOHN STAP (?) OF THE HOLIMAN (?) CENTER OF NEW MEXICO. CU COL STAPH ADDRESSING ATTENDEES. HE SPEAKS OF TEST CONDUCTED 12/10/54.
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| 00:44:53 136.6 |
TEST DRIVER IS STRAPPED INTO SEAT OF ROCKET SLED BY ASSISTANTS AS VOICE OVER . COL STAPH EXPLAINS TEST.
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| 00:45:10 153.6 |
MS JOHN MOORE DIRECTOR OF AUTOMOBILE CRASH INJURY RESEARCH AT CORNELL UNIV MEDICAL COLLEGE, IS NEXT TO ADDRESSES AUDIENCE, TELLS OF TEST RESULTS. GRAPHIC SHOTS OF CRASHED CARS.
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| 00:46:17 220.6 |
ALEX L. HAINES, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER OF FORD MOTOR CO. ADDRESSES AUDIENCE. HE SPEAKS OF METHODS OF PROTECTING CAR OCCUPANTS IN ACCIDENTS, THAT ARE NOT AVOIDABLE.
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| 00:47:00 263.6 |
HAINES GOES TO LAB, SHOWS THE INJURY PRODUCING AREAS IN CRES, INCLUDING THE STEERING WHEEL. DEMONSTRATION SHOWING SHOWS HOW UN RESTRAINED DRIVER (NO SEAT BELT) IS INJURED BY STEERING WHEEL IN ACCIDENT. (DEMO IS REPEATED IN SLOW MOTION).
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| 00:48:52 375.6 |
DEMO SHOWS THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE WHEN DRIVERS CHEST HITS THE :SAFETY: WHEEL DURING ALIKE ACCIDENT. HAINES EXPLAINS THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IF THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT.
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| 00:49:34 417.6 |
HAINES SHOWS ART FLEMING (IN DEMOJSTRATIONS), WHAT HAPPENS TO A PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT DURING AN ACCIDENT IN CAR WITH PADDED AND UNPADDED INSTRUMENT PANEL
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| 00:51:29 532.6 |
HAINES DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY DOOR LATCHES IN PREVENTING DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FROM BEING THROWN OUT OF CARS DURING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. (A MAJOR REASON FOR SERIOUS INJURIES). CU SAFETY DOOR LATCH.
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| 00:53:01 624.6 |
HAINES HAS ART FLETCHER SIT IN CONVERTIBLE CAR CONTAINING VARIOUS SAFETY FEATURES INCLUDING, SEAT BELTS, PADDED DASH BOARD, CUSHIONING ON SUN VISORS, SAFETY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAFETY DRIVING WHEEL
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| 00:53:44 667.6 |
CROWD IN SEATS AT TEST FIELD WATCH AS HAINES PUTS ON DEMONSTRATION USING DUMMIES IN CARS WITH ANS WITHOUT SAFETY DEVICES DURING A 35 MPH CONTROLLED 2 CAR CRASH.
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| 00:55:59 802.6 |
GOOD SHOTS CAR WITH DUMMIES,SPEEDING DOWN TRACK AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER CAR WITH DUMMIES, AT SPEED OF 35 MPH. SAME CRASH IS SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION. VARIOUS SHOTS NOTING VARIETY OF RESULTS ON THE DUMMIES AND THE CARS.
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| 00:57:50 913.6 |
CU PHOTOGRAPHER USING HAND HELD FILM CAMERA AS HE RECORDS TECHNICIANS STRAPPING UN DUMMIES IN PREPARATION FOR FOR ANOTHER TEST.
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| 00:58:27 950.6 |
CAR WITH DUMMIES SPEEDS DOWN TRACK, HITS STANDING CAR AT SPEED OF UNDER 40 MPH. SAME IN SLOW MOTION. DUMMY STRAPPED IN BACK SEAT OF STANDING CAR, SHOWED NO INJURIES, DUE TO SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS.
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| 01:00:18 1061.6 |
HAINES AND FLEMING LOOK INSIDE THE MOVING CAR SHOWED REDUCTION IN INJURIES DUE TO SAFETY STEERING WHEEL AND PADDED DASH BOARD , AND RECEIVED MINIMUM INJURIES.
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| 01:01:39 1142.6 |
MS HENRY FORD, JR ADDRESSES THE GROUP OF SAFETY ENGINEERS. DONATES $200,000 TO CORNELL UNIV.
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