Prevention is Better ...
Series
- Series Name
- Home and Away
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- BFI synopsis: An item emphasising the importance of following safety rules and looking at the medical facilities provided by the Company. There are various shots inside the Babcock & Wilcox Renfrew works, and a foreman checks employees who are inadvertantly infringing safety rules. The works’ ambulance workers are seen practising first aid and emergency drill, and there are shots inside the works’ medical centre, where an apprentice goes through a medical check-up. The item ends with a comedy sequece involving a staged accident with a tin of paint.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Emergency services
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.
- Producer
- Cyril Randell
- Director
- Peter Ward
- Editor
- Robert Morgan
- Production Co.
- Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Prevention is Better ...', Home and Away Issue No. 14, 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/352832 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)