We used to have to watch these old automobile safety films in Driver's Ed class back when I was in high school. I know I'm an old fart now, but all of these films were just as vintage to me then as they are now. The teacher would roll out the 16mm projector and we'd have to make room for it in the center of room. The guy sitting closest to the light switch in the back of the room would get the light.
The film would roll and it took me a few minutes for my ears to get accustomed to the sound of the film clicking through the machine. I would soon become absorbed in the old tragedies. I could hear the message clearly, and take in the reality gore fest. We got the message quickly.
We would watch the scratched and hacked-up celluloid of bad drivers who were scratched and hacked up. It was there where I saw dead people for the first time in Driver's Ed class. Many images in these safety films were pretty grizzly, charred bodies, limp bodies, disfigured bodies, all kinds of dead bodies. The intent was of course to scare young careless drivers into being careful drivers.
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i remember yo telling me about these they don't show anything like that anymore
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