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Prevention is Better ...

Series

Series Name
Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.
14
Date Released
1958
Length of issue (in feet)
510
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Steam for Paper
  2. 2Prevention is Better ...
  3. 3Brussels Exhibition

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
BFI synopsis: An item emphasising the importance of following safety rules and looking at the medical facilities provided by the Company. There are various shots inside the Babcock & Wilcox Renfrew works, and a foreman checks employees who are inadvertantly infringing safety rules. The works’ ambulance workers are seen practising first aid and emergency drill, and there are shots inside the works’ medical centre, where an apprentice goes through a medical check-up. The item ends with a comedy sequece involving a staged accident with a tin of paint.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Emergency services
Written sources
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Credits:
Sponsor
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.
Producer
Cyril Randell
Director
Peter Ward
Editor
Robert Morgan
Production Co.
Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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