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Fasten Your Safety Belt

Date released

23 May 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1616

NoS ID

023612

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fasten Your Safety Belt. DESCRIPTION: The majority of injuries in car accidents are to the head. So, fit safety belts and use them, says the British Safety Council. Anne Shelton joined...

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Skateboards are safe (1977)

Genre

Interview

James Tye, Director-General of the British Safety Council, discusses skateboarding, and the campaign by members of the public to have skateboards banned. He claims skateboards are safe, as long as the user...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.15: Programme 15 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 15 Programme 15 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 30 January 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

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Electrical Appliance Testing

Date released

Sep 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

88

NoS ID

327937

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: Safety and efficiency tests on electrical appliances at the British Electricity Council’s laboratories.

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Outdoor activity centres safety rules tightened (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Jeff Collins reports on plans to tighten up safety rules for outdoor activity centres following a tragic canoeing accident involving an adventure centre off the Dorset coast on 22/03/93. The Health and...

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Master Drivers

Date released

20 Apr 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

644

NoS ID

121871

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: There’s an exclusive new club, formed by the British Safety Council to test and discover the motoring elite, drivers who think as they drive and qualify for specially favourable insurance...

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Fireworks safety cartoon sparks controversy (1982)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on controversy over a poster encouraging safety containing two cartoons comparing the Falklands war with careless children with fireworks. Armed Forces Minister Peter Blaker and British Safety Council...

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Lockington rail crash (1986)

Genre

Interview; News report

A crash on an unmanned railway crossing in Lockington, Humberside (26/07/86) has caused concern about safety on the railways, although British Rail has disputed claims that crossing lights were not working...

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Cancer risk to children of nuclear power station workers (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Clayre Gribben reports on demands for new safety measures and improved compensation by workers at British nuclear power plants following a Medical Research Council survey revealing fathers working in...

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Jackknife - Killer of the Roads

Date released

3 Oct 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1948

NoS ID

026608

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jack Knife - Killer of the Roads. DESCRIPTION: The fearful Jackknife effect, when an articulated lorry skids out of line, causes thousands of fatalities every year. The British Safety...

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