Anatomy of an Accident (1961)

★★★★★ · Bell System Workplace · Ron Raygun · 2008-12-03

The video would have been better if the projectionist running the projector knew how to operate the "framer". When digitizing a 16mm film, it is important to strive for a faithful reproduction of the film, not distort it. I would suggest that the film be re-digitized with someone who has his eyes turned on. Otherwise, the project is a flop in spite of the film being a top notch tool of the workplace as the original Bell System intended.

★★★★ · Buckle up! · martini66 · 2005-03-06

Campy but somewhat effective view into the glorious pre-seatbelt days gone by. The father's voice is so gravelly , probably due to chain smoking Chesterfields. Good scenery from the time. Reviewer "Alan B" accurately describes the experience of driving those 5,000LB cars with primitive "drum brakes" ,that probably had about 20% of the necessary braking power. Scary. Sad ending where they trash a perfect specimen of a 1960 Ford.

★★★★ · Or, The Living Dead and How They Got That Way · Christine Hennig · 2004-11-01

Another weeper of a drivers ed film. A guy who was killed in an auto accident comes back as a ghost and watches his wife sell his favorite chair to a couple of old biddies for 35 bucks. Then he tells us all about the accident. Apparently, after taking an extensive defensive driving course given by his employer, the Bell System, and preaching to his family endlessly about safe driving, he gets himself killed when he breaks one of his own rules, which frankly doesnt speak too well for the driving course. Of course, he does live in a town where the drivers are all universally terrible and you…

★★★ · Before Ralph Nader · AlanB · 2004-11-22

I remember seeing this in 7th grade science class. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. The film was made about 1961 or so, before Nader, before seat belts, before there was much of an interstate system. It was chilling to watch for a roomful of 12-year-olds and may have made some of us better drivers. I know I never forgot it. I misremembered the scene at the end, though. I thought that David Wayne took his son with him. It was still effective, the father asking his son for absolution and not getting it. I recommend anyone who has not done so to get behind the wheel of a pre-1964 car and…