High Cost of Letting Go

About

Safety film targeted at railroad workers about how mental upsets can increase vulnerability to accidents. A newspaper reporter tries to reconstruct why a mysterious accident occurred.

Filmed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California.

Slow zoom into newspaper building “Valley Times” (identifiably in California)

VS newspaper printing press, and newspapers coming off press (good)

CU typewriter platen and keys writing news copy (good)

Man gets into late 1960s-model sedan outside Valley Times office

POV man in suit driving, seen from back seat and looking out front window

Pan over highway construction site where work is not currently happening

Zoom out from silver hearse to church building, people entering to attend funeral

Dark shots inside church sanctuary, people at funeral

Preacher at lectern: “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Pan over attendees in church

Archive

Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

Licence or status

The Internet Archive states none for this item.

Credit

Carlisle (Robert W.)

Subtitles

Automatic captions

Who can watch

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