“SAFETY FACTS ABOUT CROSSING TRACKS“ 1970s RAILROAD CROSSING SAFETY DRIVER’S EDUCATION FILM XD51454

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1970s PSA-style short film titled ”Safety Facts About Crossing Tracks” combines b-roll footage and stop-motion photography to display the most common types of accidents and driving errors at rail crossings and how to avoid these errors. The film was produced by the Southern Pacific Safety Department in cooperation with The Railroad Brotherhoods, The National Safety Council, and the Association of Western Railways. Throughout the film, b-roll footage of various trains from the Southern Pacific, Western pacific, Union Pacific, and Santa Fe train lines are combined with stop-motion photography of miniature dioramas made by Steve Edwards Jr. The story was written by and the film photographed by E.L. Carroll. Opening credits (0:09). Car waits at railroad crossing while train goes by (0:38). Box car of train with logo for Pacific Freight Express (0:46). Frontal shot of train on tracks (0:50). Train conductor inside the cab of the train (0:55). Car drives across the crossing and barely misses the train (1:06). Profile shot of another train engineer (1:11). School bus approaches the crossing (1:21). EMD SD45-2 Santa Fe train on tracks (1:37). Tank truck driver with flammables crosses track (1:41). Images of train fire as a result of accidents at railroad crossing (1:47). EMD F3A Southern Pacific train model and car simultaneously heading towards the same point causing a fiery accident (2:05). Image of vintage safety poster from the Steam Era featuring steam engine train (2:29). Pedestrians walk a crowded sidewalk, sign for GallenKamp’s Shoes in foreground (2:37). Cars drive along the highway (2:42). Southern Pacific 3100 model train on tracks (2:53). B-roll footage of cars and horse-drawn buggy sharing a road (3:04). Steam engine train that crashes with car at railroad crossing (3:16). Graphic of chart showing highway deaths overlaid scene of cars on highway (3:25). Various kinds of railway markings (3:38). Cross placed in front of railroad track as memorial (3:59). Image of damaged southern pacific train (4:12). Vintage safety poster (4:19). Engineers work to fix crossing to make it safer (4:25). Motorist approaches railroad crossing (4:58). Map of the United States (5:00). Example of grade-separated crossing (5:24). Aerial view of train headed towards underpass of grade-separated crossing (5:47). Sign for the Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Federal Aviation Administration (6:07). Drivers-ed student in Los Angeles City Schools Driver Education vehicle pulls up to crossing (6:54). Police officer talks with a motorist (7:01). Drivers-ed class in session (7:08). Breakdown of specific rules for specific vehicles at crossings (7:33). Diorama of train and vehicle crash (8:28). Reenactment of accident on diorama (8:33). More causes of accidents at crossings (8:51). Diorama used to explain another scenario (9:11). Engineers fix a crossing gate (9:28). Diorama used to explain another scenario (10:01). Driver stalled on track (10:54). Diorama used to explain another scenario (11:22). Closing credits (13:00). 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