The Last Clear Chance (1959) - Union Pacific Railroad Safety Film

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @joetrending
    @joetrending 4 года назад +45

    the quality of that video is insane for 1959

  • @adventuresofamtrakcascades301
    @adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 года назад +36

    These are beautiful E and F units in the Union Pacific

  • @GChad184
    @GChad184 3 года назад +64

    It may be over 60 years old but the information is still the same today

    • @vikkimcdonough6153
      @vikkimcdonough6153 2 года назад +9

      As long as there are people driving cars, there will be people doing so stupidly or recklessly.

    • @GChad184
      @GChad184 2 года назад +6

      @@vikkimcdonough6153 facts

  • @oakrail8100
    @oakrail8100 3 года назад +25

    Ah Yes
    I Remembered Watching This Safety Video When I Was Young.This Is Very Nostalgic For Me In Terms Watching Train Vids

    • @chugwaterjack4458
      @chugwaterjack4458 3 месяца назад +1

      When I was on an engineering party on the UP, we always found these movies very enlightening, nearly as enlightening as the one time I saw an individual cross behind a Streamliner and get smacked by one coming from the opposite direction.

  • @kingbenjamin22
    @kingbenjamin22 2 года назад +16

    That cop car was amazing! I'd love to see those on the road today.

  • @GMC7000
    @GMC7000 2 месяца назад +3

    Old, but i approve this, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLES IGNORING SIGNALS AND AN LOUD HORN COMING FROM THE TRACKS

  • @timosha21
    @timosha21 2 года назад +20

    I am a train 🚆and I approve this video!!!

  • @erzahler1930
    @erzahler1930 3 года назад +31

    Who better than the venerable William Boyett to tell the story? Throughout his career, he was known as "America's Cop!"

    • @jackeppington6488
      @jackeppington6488 3 месяца назад

      I noticed him, but did not recognize him immediately. I just thought he seemed so much like Sgt. "Mac" on Adam -12. He was! 🤣

    • @DMBall
      @DMBall 3 месяца назад

      @@jackeppington6488 Dan Matthews right-hand man on "Highway Patrol."

  • @charleslittleba
    @charleslittleba 3 года назад +31

    I remember this in-fact i actually saw a car get hit by a train the driver sadly died but he did go across the tracks when the gates were down his family tried to sue the railway (Canadian National) (ye i Canadian deal with it) but they obviously lost the case Because he was fucklin violating every railway crossing law in history

    • @po9318
      @po9318 2 года назад +3

      Railroad Legal Departments are well skillrd in dealing with suits such as this because they handle the on a very regular basis. Everyone wants to sue the railroad when something happens.

    • @buixrule
      @buixrule 2 года назад +7

      Right? People should get sued for their stupidity. What about the pain and suffering the engineer has to deal with when he sees a card come across the tracks in from of him and there's absolutely nothing he can do but wait until he kills the person? Nobody ever thinks about that.

  • @basicallyarobloxian4533
    @basicallyarobloxian4533 4 месяца назад +1

    "Don't let a double track double-cross you."
    That quote and the following scene are some of the reasons this is one of the best railroad safety videos to ever be made.

  • @ScarpawMutt
    @ScarpawMutt 2 года назад +4

    18:04 A Union Pacific GTEL! Nice to see footage of one.

  • @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
    @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 2 года назад +9

    19:34
    look at the side of the train, the Rio Grande logo looks awesome here

  • @southernpennsyrailfan8579
    @southernpennsyrailfan8579 4 года назад +17

    20:08. when the train passed. I Was startled AF

    • @Kmaster2007
      @Kmaster2007 4 года назад +3

      Same

    • @oakrail8100
      @oakrail8100 3 года назад +2

      That The Point,Trains Can Come From Different Directions At The Most Unsuspecting Times.That Why People Are Supposed To Check Both Ways While At Crossings

  • @mow4ncry
    @mow4ncry Месяц назад

    I preached this stuff to people all the time as a railroad person may only be at museums, but but it doesn't matter you get in front of one you're going to pay the same price and it doesn't matter how fast they're going either

  • @bradcase6121
    @bradcase6121 5 лет назад +19

    22:51
    How sad. One brother is spared while the other is killed.

    • @MontgomeryMall
      @MontgomeryMall 4 года назад +4

      In real life, it was Tim Bosworth (who played younger brother Alan Dixon) who would eventually be killed on the road.
      According to an Associated Press article dated April 5, 1982, "Man Dies in Rollover", Bosworth apparently fell asleep at the wheel at 3 am while driving on Interstate 84 in Nampa, Idaho. His car strayed into the median. Bosworth tried to pull his vehicle back on the roadway, but he over corrected which led to the car being overturned.
      Meanwhile, William Agee (who played older brother Frank Dixon) went on to business magnate success and died of old age a few years ago.
      Findagrave listing for Purser “Tim” Bosworth-
      www.findagrave.com/memorial/66191235/purser-tim-bosworth/

    • @Metal9040
      @Metal9040 4 года назад +3

      Montgomery Mall Quite interesting.

  • @ZakWolf
    @ZakWolf Год назад +2

    A lot of this stuff STILL applies today!
    (3:52) Yep, that's pretty much me when my first driver's license arrived in the mail!

  • @shemcg7830
    @shemcg7830 2 года назад +3

    💫✨ The Sarge 👮🏻‍♂️ from the “Adam-12” 🚓 TV 📺 police series, right? 🤔 💭 Thx for the upload! 💫✨

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 2 месяца назад

    Schools need to showcase these videos.
    Heck, every person who is driving or will be driving a car must watch videos like this.
    Why? *SAFETY.*

  • @kettle_of_chris
    @kettle_of_chris Год назад +2

    my favorite mst3k episode is this one

  • @razony
    @razony 2 года назад +15

    If you tell a teenager what NOT to do. Be assured, he/she will do just that. This world is full of teenagers!

    • @BAS19.6
      @BAS19.6 2 года назад +1

      As a teen I approve this message

    • @razony
      @razony 2 года назад +2

      @@BAS19.6
      We we're ALL teenagers, that's my point though. Never tell a kid not to do something, you don't want them to do. Be assured, they will do it.

    • @Jangobadass
      @Jangobadass Год назад

      Frank Jr was killed by pure stupidity! 🤣

  • @Moaigaming698
    @Moaigaming698 3 года назад +5

    when did union Pacific get the k5la horn

  • @wendysw714
    @wendysw714 3 года назад +22

    Wait! Dad wouldn't let the son w/o the license drive the tractor but it's ok for the other son's girlfriend to ride with him?!? I guess they all need to watch a safety film about farm equipment! 🤦

    • @colinptak8207
      @colinptak8207 Год назад +1

      But isnt there a seat for a co-worker? 😕

    • @wendysw714
      @wendysw714 Год назад +1

      @@colinptak8207 🤷

    • @anthonymichaeleardley494
      @anthonymichaeleardley494 Год назад +1

      I do recall in a presentation at college that mentioned that after getting a licence and driving for three years (?), young people are especially vulnerable to crashing.
      Frank was still young and cocky on the road, even though he was the elder brother and more experienced driver.

    • @hopefulandhumbleperson
      @hopefulandhumbleperson 2 месяца назад

      Please excuse me? At this point, I honestly realized that the Dad was already a ass for not letting him ride on the tractor all by himself. Truly, right?!. He should be allowed to ride the tractor on fields, or on tiny roads, before getting his driver license. And besides you do not have to have a driver license permit just to drive a car, right? Stupid and smart psa safety film, right? And deeply tragic like most 1950's and 1960's psa safety films, right?

  • @hatuletoh
    @hatuletoh 2 года назад +7

    The damnedest thing about this video is that except for the types of cars on the road and the absence of meth addicts, 60+ years later, Idaho and most of the people who live there look pretty much the same.

  • @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862
    @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862 5 лет назад +9

    The Sgt from Adam-12

  • @blueticecho5690
    @blueticecho5690 3 года назад +5

    How did this guy change cars after he went off the road..Mmm.

  • @vikkimcdonough6153
    @vikkimcdonough6153 2 года назад +4

    14:30 - Hooray for grade separation!

  • @realadrieno
    @realadrieno 8 месяцев назад

    Gotta give some serious props to union pacific for creating a 25 minute soap opera on why a flashing red light means there’s danger

  • @kadenemerson3569
    @kadenemerson3569 Год назад

    North of the town where I live cn has a line where the go 70 through town 3 times a day and don't slow down

  • @AulisA.O.T
    @AulisA.O.T 2 года назад +5

    20:27 i hear no- NAY!

  • @vikkimcdonough6153
    @vikkimcdonough6153 2 года назад +3

    8:49 - Natural selection at work.

  • @Jangobadass
    @Jangobadass Год назад +2

    Thumbs up if your here because of MST3k/Rifftrax 😉

  • @adventureseeker9800
    @adventureseeker9800 2 года назад +9

    Back when being a cop might have been considered a noble profession when their intention was to help people.
    _Those_ _days_ _are_ _obviously_ _long_ _gone!_

    • @kingbenjamin22
      @kingbenjamin22 2 года назад

      You're an absolute idiot! Cops risk their lives all the time for ungrateful a**holes like you.

    • @dobmaster4412
      @dobmaster4412 2 года назад +1

      Sure if you were white remember it was the late 50s

  • @AulisA.O.T
    @AulisA.O.T 2 года назад +4

    15:40 get thoes cobwebs out of your head?
    What The Heck?

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace 3 месяца назад

      he means like clear your mind

  • @tylermannor4290
    @tylermannor4290 4 года назад +5

    Never under any circumstances drive with your buttcheeks

  • @DMBall
    @DMBall 3 года назад +5

    This film was money thrown away for Union Pacific. It didn't reduce the numbers of car-train accidents at all. Only the proliferation of crossing gates has mitigated the problem slightly.

    • @foxmccloud7055
      @foxmccloud7055 3 года назад +3

      Better add the formation of Operation Lifesaver.

    • @jackeppington6488
      @jackeppington6488 3 месяца назад

      In those days, gates were few and far between. I think many rural crossing to this day are lights only. Originally gates had diagonal stripes of black and white. In 1976 they became red-and-white.

  • @irongamertd6154
    @irongamertd6154 Год назад

    Does anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?

  • @larailfan1714
    @larailfan1714 2 месяца назад

    In 1959 where was this showed?

  • @CycolacFan
    @CycolacFan День назад

    That cop would should be investigating how that hot rod Model T roadster turned into a fullsize sedan when it crashed. 😂

  • @dukegrapewin9440
    @dukegrapewin9440 Месяц назад

    Wasnt this a short on MST 3000?

  • @timpriddy349
    @timpriddy349 2 года назад +1

    his hotrod turned into a full sized car tumped over......ha

  • @NSCSXRailfan457
    @NSCSXRailfan457 Год назад +1

    20:27 Literal jump scare lol

  • @majikglustik9704
    @majikglustik9704 Год назад

    They should've titled this film:
    Mikes' dad is a peddlepusher.

  • @majikglustik9704
    @majikglustik9704 Год назад

    One was dead right, one was dead wrong; whoose dead-est?
    Grade crossing accidents befit old humpty dumpty, on that great haul...

  • @radioangel_ym
    @radioangel_ym Год назад +1

    Union Pacific GTEL X-7 scrapped

  • @20PINKluvr
    @20PINKluvr Год назад

    This is mostly about road safety..

  • @tamimdari7966
    @tamimdari7966 Месяц назад

    Bro he forgot that the police man say to him that aboit railroad crossing use for

  • @thesteelrodent1796
    @thesteelrodent1796 2 года назад +4

    so, don't have to take any kind of driving test, the license just appears in the mail? That's pretty much the impression us in Europe have of the US

    • @kingbenjamin22
      @kingbenjamin22 2 года назад +3

      You may have missed it but this was from 1959- the mail was how everything was delivered then. Your comment doesn't help us in the US look upon Europeans with much respect

    • @joeswan6747
      @joeswan6747 Год назад +1

      Lol I'm sure he took the test,was probably more convenient to mail it to them.

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 3 месяца назад

      If you're a reasonable representation, you Europeans have pretty poor listening and comprehension skills. It was stated in the film that the younger son had recently taken his driving test.

  • @maxhemenway
    @maxhemenway Год назад +1

    11:26

  • @tamimdari7966
    @tamimdari7966 Месяц назад

    I mean about😅

  • @Onhiatusbird
    @Onhiatusbird 2 года назад +3

    23:05 Goofy ahh ambulance

    • @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
      @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Год назад +2

      That's literally a normal ambulance for the time.

    • @ronaldvrooman9695
      @ronaldvrooman9695 11 месяцев назад

      It looks like a mid-to-late 1950's Ford or Chevrolet. Yes, it was quite normal for the time, which was over 60 years ago.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan День назад

      Mid 1950s Cadillac, same as the hearse at the beginning.

  • @BumberenzoTheFireTruck
    @BumberenzoTheFireTruck Год назад +1

    Terrible ending😢

    • @anthonymichaeleardley494
      @anthonymichaeleardley494 Год назад

      Sad, but that the point of a PSA film...
      Something bad has to happen to point out to you about what you should NOT do when you are driving near rail-tracks.

  • @Badbunnylovecarrot
    @Badbunnylovecarrot Год назад

    Leslie a 200

  • @fatimahd4832
    @fatimahd4832 Месяц назад

    10:49