British Telecoms (GPO) first health and safety video.. 

Thanks for the video brought back pleasant memories. I Joined the GPO in July 1967 and remember the big safety push in that era. As 16 year old Trainee Technician Apprentices (TTA's) it was made clear you could refuse to do anything that you thought would be unsafe and would get the full backing of the management. They were simpler and happy times when young lads were brought into a working environment, backed up with good training and opportunities. As part of your apprenticeship you were offered day release to related technical training and give clear paths for career enhancement.

This is priceless and the fact that I know the engineer in the film, and am related to the person who made the film makes it even more interesting. Thank you for sharing

This was made as a film, not a video. Remember the era!

Wow! Back then you could have 3 ambulances in 1 day......now it takes 3 days to get 1 ambulance!

Excellent picture quality. Thanks for posting

That was interesting to watch! Thanks for posting.

Gotta love that 1:8 angle of the ladder on the pole 😂

Love the Animal Magic music.

Anyone else waiting for Jonny Morris to add a voice to the ambulances?

Of course he was injured. He drove his van without wearing a seatbelt, had no airbags and tried to climb a pole with Oxfords shoes and a grocers overalls on. Bloke must have been nuts! 😅😂😂

Not many parked cars on housing estates when this was filmed!

Great old stuff.

"BT: How to become not dead instructional video "

4.51 when the box fell on the guys foot i laughed my ass off

Looks like Eldred Avenue, Brighton where the first accident took place

The ambulance station shown is in Elm Grove Brighton, which has now closed.At 1.01 on the video looks like Brading Road Brighton.

I work in BT telephone exchanges and they still show the old class system...many have a separate toilet for use by managers only, with their own lock on the door.

Interesting, I also worked for them in Brighton. I think this film was made after 1961 as trolleybuses stopped running up Elm Grove in 1959 and the wires would have been taken down a year or two later.

The chances of getting an ambulance today if a heavy box dropped on your foot are zero. You'd have to wait a fortnight to see your GP.

I felt bad for the bloke that fell off that ladder. He looked like he really got hurt.

I think they stopped painting their vans green in the mid 70s - when parked up on the road side they'd blend in with the foliage and cause accidents .

Why didn't he put the ladders on the grass,

When you think about it, these men were lucky not to have been killed to bits.

The music is theme from Animal Magic. Rather appropriate as BT is like a zoo.

It would take an act of parliament (health & safety at work act 1974) to kick things into gear and even to this day, we all still have inherent in us that "it won't happen to me". The private sector will always trounce the public sector in figures because unless a customer keeps paying, the bills don't get paid.

Health and safety? Did you notice the ambulance drivers had their doors open when driving?

When I started in 80s safety was largely using your own common sense , By the time I left 2016 it was mandatory , increase ten fold and a sackable offence, From one extreme to the other

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Helluva day for the Brighton emergency room 🙂

Yes they all have something in common........they’re all dead!

That's what you get for wearing hush puppies

What a terrible film! But note cameo appearance by Mr Kipling's delivery van at 05:54.

Brighton before it was ruined by the Greens and Labour.

When Britain was Great Britain

That's why I put GPO...