Business screen magazine (1946)

NEW SLIDEFIIMS New Missouri Pacific Slidefilm Emphasizes Psychology of Safety "k A new approach to an old and probably immortal problem — making railroad workers safety conscious— has been attempted by Mis•^ouri Pacific Lines in the new color >ciund slidefilm The I'oice of Safety. Tlie 15-minute presentation, narrated by radio announcer and news conmientator Edwin C. Hill, stresses the psychological aspects of safety rather than preaching "do's" and "don'ts." Its thesis is that safety is an inner voice, "'. . . the voice of self-preservation that has echoed down through the ages . . . the ageold instinct whicii, if lieeded, will guard us from dangers and help us to cope with modern hazards." Safer in Every Sense Asserting that a railroad becomes safe only through tlie practices of its employees, the narration asks ''how can we on the railroad bring to life that ever-present instinct, the voice of safety?" The four-part response is: ". . . By availing ourselves of those attributes endowed by the Creator; eyes to see . . . ears to hear . . . mouth to speak . . . and hands and arms, plus feet and legs to act." The slidefilm emphasizes that a worker's interest in his family, his job and his fellow men are among the "ingredients" of a safe individual. It then lists such things as physical fitness, a sincere desire to work safely, detailed knowledge of the job and observance of rules as contributing factors to properlv heeding "the voice." Choral Background Featured Digressing from the allegorical treatment of its subject, the film ends with a specially-written "Song of the Voice of Safety." The narrator urges the audience to join in the singing with the "Choraliers" of the Texas & Pacific Railway, underwriters of a part of the cost of producing the film. Color drawings for the basically psychological script, written by MoPac rules instructor F. 0. Garrett, ^ iiiiiMifriTPW" Vocal .\udience Participation is encouraged in the Mi^-nur, I'acific Lines' new sound slidefilm featuring these Texas & I'aiili, (.horaliers. taking a chance? )U 6-0853 Send for our brochure on what scen^-to-scene color correction means to your production. were done by Carl A. Bretzniann, Si. Louis artist. Collaborating on the script were E. W. Hobbs and J. H. Williams, safety superintendents for MoPac and T & P respectively. Production was super\'ised by 1. A. Erkman of MoPac's public relations department. The I oice of Safety is the latest addition to a growing list of sound slidefilms covering many subjects which Missouri Pacific has produced. Shortly to be released is a 30-minute production on courtesy, and currently in work is a tentatively 30-minute film on the causes and remedies of hot-boxes. Each division of Missouri Pacific has projection equipment permanently assigned to it. and showings of company films are arranged by division superintendents. Sorro and N.S.C. Produce Another O'Grady Industrial Safety Film •*r Guslave G. 0"Grady. a typical industrial supervisor, learns to consider the human side of his men in Fragile. Handle Feelings with Care, a new National Safety CoUiN'CiL film in production at Sarra. Inc. The new film is a sequel to A Gray Day for O'Grady, supervisory training fihn produced by Sarra last year for the N.S.C. Two other O'Grady films are scheduled for production this summer, and like the rest of the series they will be available in both motion picture and sound slidefilm form. Scripted by Helen .\. Krupka and directed by Wayne A. Langston. Fragile . . . Stars Chicago actor Jim Dexter as O'Grady. The series is being produced under the supervision of Charles Alexander, manager, and Roy Benson, assistant manager, of the Industrial Department of the National Safety Council. Euteclic Alloys Corp. Releases Training Slidefilm on Welding ♦ Instruction in the best precision and production welding techniques is available in a new 19-minute color sound slidefilm sponsored by Eutectic \^'elding Alloys Corporation. Called Better, Faster. Cheaper with Welding, the film shows how speed and economy can be achieved in various welding operations. Sequences are based on several types of case histories and are supported by diagrams and cartoons. Free loan prints are available from the sponsor's Technical Information Service Department, 172nd St. and Northern Blvd., Flushing 58. New Vork. 56 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE