“THE QUOTA” 1960S CLARK EQUIPMENT CO. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SAFETY FILM 17804

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Browse our products on Amazon: This 1960s film produced the Clark Equipment Company and Pilot Productions looks at some common work safety hazards that can come about as a result of the negligence of the operators. This is done through the dramatic device of having dead operators in heaven speaking to St. Peter, who lectures them on the safety violations they committed. The film covers improper or unsafe maintenance practices, hitchhiking, smoking in areas where it is forbidden, hitting electricity lines, and leaving the engine running while not operating the machine. It ends with St. Peter giving closing remarks about the importance of workplace safety, so that heaven’s acceptance quota is not overfilled needlessly. Clark Equipment Company was an American designer, manufacturer, and seller of industrial and construction machinery and equipment. In 1953 it purchased the Michigan Power Shovel Co and developed a new division dedicated to large scale earthmoving equipment, some of which is shown in the film. 0:10 an overview of vehicles in a mine, 1:11 a car driving out of the mine, 1:26 a miner walking towards a Michigan bulldozer and starting it, 2:50 the bulldozer and the car meet each other and the bulldozer veers off a cliff to avoid it, 3:50 car driver and other miners rush to the crash site and stand around gloomily, 4:44 “The Clark Equipment Company Construction Machinery Division Presents ‘The Quota’”, 5:04 police vehicle shows up at the scene, 5:26 Police officers cover up the corpse of the victim, 5:43 the ghost of the victim shown getting up from the corpse and then walking through the gates of heaven, 6:37 Miner meets St. Peter and speaks to him, 7:19 St. Peter and his assistant interview a man, 7:37 a tractor-scraper being parked, 7:54 operator picks out his tool kit and begins fixing the tractor-scraper and dies as a result of carelessness, 8:44 operator putting pieces of timer under the arm of the scraper to ensure it does not close, 9:35 operator leaves engine running when grabbing a cigarette and falls of when climbing on again, 10:14 a tractor-scraper pulling up to jump start another one and one of the operators does not pay attention and crushes the man jump starting the vehicle, 10:52 operator hitchhikes a ride on a machine, 11:34 next operator stands in front of St. Peter, 12:00 operator has a cigarette in a non-smoking area, hides, and is run over by the vehicle he is hiding behind, 12:53 wife of the operator speaking to the landlord on the phone, 14:31 St. Peter calls over the next person, 14:51 a crane operator operating a crane, 15:29 crane operator hitting electricity lines with his crane and jumps off, 16:22 man adjusting the fan and generator belts while the engine is running and losing his hand, 17:06 a Michigan crane operator dropping a pipe on someone after the cable snaps, 18:37 brake fluids squirting out of the bulldozer that crashed at the start of the film, 18:40 St. Peter and his assistant speaking to the bulldozer driver, 20:03 operator leaves machine with the bucket raised and the engine running and gets into a car, 20:36 children climb onto and under the excavator and almost accidentally get crushed, 22:00 a mechanic leaving oil on the stairs of a machine and an operator falling once he climbs them, 22:47 shining lights in the distance as a car gets closer to construction equipment driving at night, 23:30 exemplary operators doing their job correctly, 24:24 St. Peter giving closing remarks, 25:01 message of thanks, 25:15 Director Bob Dedrick, Editor Bob Luce, 25:28 Produced by Pilot Productions. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit