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15 March 2024
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Vintage: 1970s fire department paramedic rescue and seatbelt film "collision rescue" Jaws of Life
This is a 1970’s era, colour movie, presented by the Film Library, Department of Human Resources. The film opens with a family of four packing the car for a picnic, 0:15. The family buckles their safety belts and gets on their way, 1:04. Another car is show coming down the road quickly with two younger drivers; a girl and a boy; she seems to be distracted with her radio 1:25. Scenes of a car crash keep quickly coming on the screen, 1:40.The boy kisses the girl and takes his eyes off the road, 2:00. The man in the first car turns his head to talk to his kids and there is a bad collision, 2:16. Los Angeles County emergency vehicles arrive at the scene, 2:31. All the victims in both cars are lying unconscious, 2:28. The fireman first plug up the leaking gas tanks from one of the cars lying on its side, 3:04. Electrical cords and battery wires are disconnected from one of the cars, 3:15. Firemen use tools to open the car doors, 3:35. A Hurst branded machine aka Jaws of Life is used to pry the metal open of one of the cars, 3:48.
The fireman explains he needs to cut the roof off to one of the victims who is barely conscious, 4:04. The roof is removed and doors are pried off with heavy machinery, 4:44. The young couple is removed from the car, 5:04. The family of 4 is removed from their car, 5:38. Chains and other devices are used to break the steering wheels, 6:36. The victims are stabilized and put on flat boards, 6:55. The police arrive and take a report, 7:21. The firemen discuss the quick work of the team, 7:47. The firemen re-enact their work for another team, 8:36. Firemen break the windows on the car, 8:55. The team flips the car over from its side, 9:25. Man stands by with hose to watch with a hose in case there is fire, 9:50. A pry bar is used to open the smashed doors, 11:09. The “jaws” tools are used to open a car door, 11:24. The doors are removed, 11:45. Fireman comforts the injured girl while she is still in the car to calm her, 12:13. Man slices the roof off, 13:10. A semi-truck and a railroad car overturned are show, 13:40. Fireman wraps lady’s neck with towel to stabilise her, 14:18. The fireman removes the windshields to remove the drivers, 15:30. Drivers have their feet stuck under the pedals, they are lifted to release their feet from the pedals, 16:55. Seats are removed, 14:45. Passengers are loaded into ambulances, 18:15. The fireman finish their jobs and drive away, 19:05. Produced by Ray Jewell. Written and directed by Michael Ross. Camera Rick Eisman. Produced in part by Los Angeles County Fire Department, Emergency Squad Training Institute and the California Highway Patrol. Produced by Film Communicators, Hollywood.
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Source: Periscope Film
The fireman explains he needs to cut the roof off to one of the victims who is barely conscious, 4:04. The roof is removed and doors are pried off with heavy machinery, 4:44. The young couple is removed from the car, 5:04. The family of 4 is removed from their car, 5:38. Chains and other devices are used to break the steering wheels, 6:36. The victims are stabilized and put on flat boards, 6:55. The police arrive and take a report, 7:21. The firemen discuss the quick work of the team, 7:47. The firemen re-enact their work for another team, 8:36. Firemen break the windows on the car, 8:55. The team flips the car over from its side, 9:25. Man stands by with hose to watch with a hose in case there is fire, 9:50. A pry bar is used to open the smashed doors, 11:09. The “jaws” tools are used to open a car door, 11:24. The doors are removed, 11:45. Fireman comforts the injured girl while she is still in the car to calm her, 12:13. Man slices the roof off, 13:10. A semi-truck and a railroad car overturned are show, 13:40. Fireman wraps lady’s neck with towel to stabilise her, 14:18. The fireman removes the windshields to remove the drivers, 15:30. Drivers have their feet stuck under the pedals, they are lifted to release their feet from the pedals, 16:55. Seats are removed, 14:45. Passengers are loaded into ambulances, 18:15. The fireman finish their jobs and drive away, 19:05. Produced by Ray Jewell. Written and directed by Michael Ross. Camera Rick Eisman. Produced in part by Los Angeles County Fire Department, Emergency Squad Training Institute and the California Highway Patrol. Produced by Film Communicators, Hollywood.
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Source: Periscope Film