Farm Petroleum Safety (1954)

★★★★★ · This is Different! · JSBejma · 2012-02-11

A gut-wrenching story of a house fire started when a housewife with a squally baby has a hankerin for bacon and eggs RIGHT NOW! ]I guess] decides to fluff up the fire in the stove with some petroleum product. One half glass more of 2 buck chuck and I'd a burst into tears! How would you like coming home in the morning after a nite with "uncle" so-and-so (no further comment there) to see your mom burned and your house up in flames. I only hope they had insurance and could afford to rebuild - and more importantly, equip that new kitchen with a modern Frigidaire stove that runs on natural gas or…

★★★★ · Making Petroleum Products Safe for Farming · lonestrikr · 2004-11-11

Film is Copyright 1954 American Petroleum Institute Interesting film. Starts out at a carnival, where a fire engine drives around directing people to attend the SPECTACULAR Farm Safety Demonstration! The demonstration itself provides several dramatic illustrations of the results of unsafe practices with gasoline and kerosene, which are not to be missed. Good shot of the experimenter holding the spark generator under the surface of the gasoline to demonstrate that the liquid gasoline itself does not burn (the vapor does). The second half of the film is the story of how a "farm safety…

★★★★ · "Yes, I know the sign is burning!" · Spuzz · 2004-11-13

A fair is in full swing, rides! cotton candy! midway prizes! Until, a fire engine approaches! You know this is a small town fair, because EVERYONE takes notice. Don't worry, the fire engine is only being used to bring people to the Fire Petroleum demonstration. The host of this demonstration wows the audience with some pyro demos, bust mostly is somewhat dry. The real star of the show is Jim and his 'More Dangerous Than Dynamite' melodramatic story experience with petroleum. The story here is QUITE hoary, and jim winds up with tears, or oil, or something running down his cheeks. Just one…

★★★★ · Watch Those Vapors! · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-07

This 50s film was designed to warn farmers of the dangers of petroleum products and show them how to handle them safely. It starts at a county fair, where the local Farm Safety Committee, aided by the fire department, gives a speech and demonstration on petroleum products and their dangers. This is fun to watch, with lots of dramatic demonstrations of things burning and blowing up, feeling very much like an actual demonstration one might watch at a county fair. Then Jim, a teenager whose family house burned down when his mother unwisely poured kerosene on the fire of the wood-burning stove.…