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Small Car Crashes! (1972)
🕑 Added 2022-09-30 16:25:14 +0000 UTCWow! What a spectacular little film from my archive about smashing together servo controlled remotely piloted cars with onboard video (very high tech!) into head on collisions with astounding discoveries - among them that the seat belts of the time routinely snapped in half, sending dummy passengers through windshields, and splattered in the face with battery acid from the other car! Watch the smaller cars literally disappear into the engine compartments of the larger vehicles! See seat belt hardware simply shatter... watch as head rests become missiles... OH The Humanity! Really shows the contrast to today's vehicles which have only been made possible by these very kinds of collision tests. As always I transferred this reel with my own Telecine. Enjoy!
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what are the potential risks for desk chairs?
Andy Kellett
Yikes - I feel like Mr. Survivor's Bias after watching that. These were all the cars my friends and family drove while I was growing up. I really appreciated the scientific approach. Thanks so much for the cool content Fran!
