More Dangerous Than Dynamite
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite is a short film from 1941 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Presents an object lesson in fire safety, showing fires starting from the use of an electric iron, a lamp cord under a rug, cigar and cigarette stubs, turning a light out while in the bathtub, burning rubbish in the yard, gas burners, and using gasoline or naphtha for cleaning clothes.
Great series of explosions at the start.
From comments at the internet Archive:
"The intro sound is the same as for "Bank Alarm" and the ending music is the same for just about every "Grand National Picture" (Captain Calamity comes to mind)."
"For anyone who may have an interest in the emergency vehicles shown in "More Dangerous Than Dynamite," the Los Angeles Fire Department Task Force (a two piece engine company and a ladder company) that is shown responding in the sequence after the housewife on fire is led by a 1937 American La France sedan-cab, triple combination pumper, followed by what I believe was one of the 1926 Seagrave hose wagons (definitely a Seagrave), followed by a 1923 Seagrave aerial ladder truck. The ambulance in the next scene is one of the L.A. hospital system ambulances built by Crown Coach on an Auburn chassis (circa late 20s or early 30s). (The same L.A. based Crown Coach Corporation that built school buses and fire engines)."| More Dangerous Than Dynamite | |
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| Produced by | Panorama Pictures |
Production company | Panorama Pictures |
| Distributed by | Panorama Pictures |
Release date | 1941 |
Running time | 8:00 |
| Language | English |
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