Civil Defense: Technological Failures (1973) 

I don’t ever remember seeing Peter Thomas‘ face either this is really cool

Remember vinyl seats.? you'd have to air out the car for 10 minutes in the Summer to sit on those super hot vinyl seats.

Early to mid '70s Chryslers were bad about vapor lock..the cure was to reroute the fuel line away from hot parts...

@@scottthomas6202 I have some problems in my 1964 Studebaker, but it tends to be the gasoline boiling out of the carburetor itself. This seems to be a combination that it is pretty hot in the engine compartment of an Avanti and the "gasoline" today is so different than when the car was made, especially in California.

Seeing that Capri! I think they must have been pretty common in the USA.

We’ve had 100 odd years to perfect the internal combustion car.

I was surprised that YT’s insanely picky algorithms couldn’t decode that last song, intentionally played backwards! I’m assuming that was done intentionally by the film creator as another example of a minor inconvenience; I’ll wager more of an audio problem occurrence with those 16 &/or 35 mm films with audio tracks actually on the film? I have a couple of these 16mm projectors, never had much problems with them. Oldest “filmstrip” machine I have, was made by DuKane w/built-in tube amp from the mid 50’s with built-in record player for the audio of whatever slide film stock that luckily accepts up too those old-school MASSIVE 16” diameter “transcription” records, which I have around 10 of, aside from about 30 other filmstrip kits with record sizes of 10” to 12”…. All play at 33 1/3rd RPM; all of which either directly or indirectly pertain too my 1955 Buick, including original literature to go with each kit. Some where made to be directed at mechanics/techs, some for salesmen/dealers &, some intended for “prospects” or, potential buyers/customers. I’d really love to eventually digitize them all, before those acetate films gas-out (some already give off very potent vinegar odor) completely & be useless, with the added goal of uploading those to YT for others to enjoy ‘but’, after learning of the many uphill battles that Fran & other YT’ers have had to deal with, with all of these seemingly nonstop copy-write BS issues, not sure it’d be worth the headache

@@sideburn Nice

The narrator is Peter Thomas, his voice has been heard on public service and docu-series for decades.

Or he's a former class mate trying to sell you insurance on a special day in February in Pennsylvania.

You're a far better cat spotter than me - gotta step up my game, I see :D

Sounds like there should be a correction in that region's real estate to price in water running out.

@@jC-kc4si , "market corrections" invariably hurt the poor and working class the hardest. The rich don't care because not only can they afford the cost increase in water and real estate, they'll invest in it and profit as the price goes up.

The main cause of the dust bowl and much of the environmental destruction worldwide is the lack of understanding that trees help to regulate and stabilize the environment around them. Tree roots pull up water from deep underground, while the leaves slowly release moisture into the air, providing ground humidity, shade, and temperature stability for other plants during dry spells. Trees reduce ground wind speed to prevent soil erosion, and their roots hold loose soil in place around them. Clear cutting trees on slopes for fuel or lumber causes the soil to wash away, leaving behind bare rock on which nothing will grow. It is likely that the Sahara was a grassy savannah for thousands of years, but humans cut down every tree and their animals ate every blade of grass, and it completely collapsed and has never recovered.

@@DMahalko the Plains of the Midwest had relatively few trees but instead a variety of hardy, drought resistant grasses that formed a thick, tangled web of roots which held moisture and prevented erosion. Tilling the soil deeply and leaving fields bare in winter, without planting cover crops or rotating crops to replenish the soil, left fields vulnerable to wind erosion.

We had those '60s/'70s mod-look balloon-y daisies in our tub. The only reasons I can think of for putting them in a sink would be if it was also used for bathing an infant &/or just bad home design ideas in an era without 40 cable channels offering (sometimes) better decorating advice.

Irony taken! :) At least the right to repair was taken for granted.

Things break all the time,we just simply throw it away and buy a new one rather than repair item partly due to planned obsolescence.

@@21xenomorph true, though it doesn't really have to break down - becoming unattractive is enough, even though the thing is in full working order.

The executives have been rewarded for the lean supply chain. Now what happens to them when there is catastrophic failures of availability and of course no 'rainy day' inventory to get us through a hiccup in the system?

@@jC-kc4si seeing it all over with the chip shortages.

Hey! Thanks for the donation 😍

@@FranLab you’re very welcome Fran.

When the video is uploaded it gets processed, and RU-vid tells you where all the violations are. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 re-edits and re-uploads to get all the violations removed.

@@FranLab , yikes! I had a sinking feeling that this was what you go through each and every time you upload a film. You need to call your congress-critters and complain about ridiculous IP and copyright laws. I would think there would be somebody running for office in Pennsylvania who is willing to make a campaign issue out of this, although whether they would be willing to, or are able to follow through on it once in office is a whole 'nother discussion (big money forces want to protect their copyrights and the resulting revenue stream). Anyway, if you or someone else starts such a petition, I'll sign it. Or, tell us who to phone/email/ write. ( Unfortunately, many Congress- critters do not accept phone calls from, or their email contact form won't accept emails from people who are not direct constituents in that state or district, so I often find myself sending letters and postcards cards to representatives and senators from other States. The Mr Beat channel recently called all 100 senators and only heard back from 6 of them, all from the same party !!, and most of them merely sent him a copy-paste form letter)..

You are absolutely right. And one EXCELLENT initiative they have is CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) which was something created by the LA fire department (I think) and adopted nationally. Regular citizens get a smattering of a range of emergency training. The purpose is to better take care of yourself and family and neighbors during a large emergency. And to hopefully avoid becoming more workload for first responders. And, if requested, assist first responders. It's something everybody should take. Typically, just one evening a week for four weeks and a half Saturday for some practice exercises.

Efficient division of labor seems to have come with an equally efficient dilution of responsibility.

...until a water chip breaks down :D

If young people today were to be transported back to 1973 they would absolutely not think that life was simpler.

​@@FranLab depending how young... I consider myself young at 36, though this mid-life (or half-life?) crisis thing seems to start getting to me :D I don't think I would find anything relatable other than electronic and scientific stuff, household appliances, some vehicles and lots of books, music, movies etc. back then. Well, maybe I could make a career in high tech with my knowledge of electronics, if not for my abysmal social skills! All this while building my own stock of dirt cheap tubes, transformers and whatever superior parts from the now bygone age only to go down the way of EveAnna Manley in my later years, but sitting in the lab with a soldering iron rather than doing the management thing, haha. Using time travel to your advantage! :D Only thing is that transitioning now is incomparably better than it used to be. I probably wouldn't do it if I lived back then...