" THE OPERATOR AND SAFETY " 1940s BUS DRIVER TRAINING FILM 70772
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Created by the Federal Security Agency and the United States Office of Education Division of Visual Aids in the 1940s, "The Operator and Safety" is a bus driver training film. Featuring a Mack CM-G3 transit bus, the film was shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its vicinity around 1941. The bus used in the film, number 1822, was part of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit system.
Founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, the Federal Security Agency (FSA) was an independent agency of the United States government established as part of the Reorganization Act of 1939. For a time, the agency oversaw food and drug safety, education funding, administration of public health programs, and the Social Security old-age pension plan. Today, the agency was superseded by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Film opens, official FSA seal, opening credits and title page (0:09). Back of CM-G3 transit bus as it drives down quiet residential street, trees, white-picket fences (0:22). Elderly woman slowly gets on bus, door closes on her (0:31). Tow truck (perhaps produced by Autocar Company, Autocar Motortruck) tows a CM-G3 bus into service garage (0:41). What appears to be 1940 Buick Ambulance pulls up to hospital (0:52). 1939 Ford V8 parked on left-side of road, CM-G3 bus drives along busy street lined with residential homes (1:04). CM-G3 in garage, bus operator conducts thorough safety check before driving: Adjusts seat, starts engine and lets it warm up, checks lights and windshield wipers, checks door operation (1:16). Bus slowly pulls out of garage, operator checks for pedestrians and checks brakes (2:34). View of pair of hands flipping through “The Vehicle Code” and “Traffic Rules and Regulations” booklets (3:06). Local traffic officer directs traffic at four-way intersection (3:22). Close-up traffic light, other traffic signage i.e. Stop sign, slow sign, school slow sign etc. (3:42). Importance of staying alert in traffic: POV from driver’s seat, tailing car that suddenly turns; Another scenario, 1938 Oldsmobile makes sudden stop for pedestrian (5:13). Infographic of correct braking distances according to speed; Animation depicting bus braking under normal conditions vs. sudden braking and resulting collisions (5:59). Another animation, aerial view of bus tailing vehicle, exemplifying safe following distance (9:46). Return to live action footage, POV driver’s seat following vehicle on city street, abrupt stop (10:06). POV bus follows 1940s sedan, bus operator conducts pass by alerting driver with honks (10:23). Proper conduct when vehicle wants to pass bus, view of car in rearview mirror (10:41). Proper conduct for passing parked cars, look for drivers and exhaust (10:57). Avoiding accidents at intersections: Shot of cars passing at busy intersection and woman crossing road; Another view of bus as it pulls up to intersection at Magee Ave. (11:26). Proper conduct at grade crossing: Bus comes to full stop, driver opens doors and listens for train (12:03). How to make left, right turns: Turn indicator, hand signal out of window (12:42). Proper conduct at bus stop zones: Driver indicates intention to stop with flashing rear lights, montage shots of passengers’ feet/ legs as they get onto bus (13:49). Driving under difficult conditions (rain, fog, nighttime): POV from driver’s seat as windshield wipers in use, busy city street slicked with rain; Breaking distance increased by rain, fog slows speed; Glow of headlights of cars driving at night through rain (15:07). Narrator reviews information from throughout film (16:21). Closing credits (17:20). Film ends (17:34).
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At 13:32 on the time bar, you can see the alternating stop lights that those pre-war Philadelphia PTC Mack CM gasoline buses had. The post-war PTC Mack buses had steady burning stop lights and no louvers on the back. As a kid growing up in Philly in the late 1940's and early 1950's, I was fascinated by the alternating stop lights and all of those louvers on the back of those buses running through my neighborhood. Now, at long last, because of this film I can show those lights in action. Still photos couldn't show it.
It looks like Philly was a nice place back then. It makes me wish I had been born 100 years ago.
Big difference between the buses in this film and today -- no enclosure for the driver. The New Flyer, Gillig and Nova buses MCTS uses have a wall behind and partially alongside the driver. There is also clear Plexiglas door alongside the driver. Assaults on bus drivers have in the past been a problem in Milwaukee County.
All still holds true today however we never incorage passing on a street. Love the old buses and other cars and trucks in the video
By the way, at :41 on the time bar, the Autocar tow truck is towing an ACF bus into the garage, not a Mack. I remember those ACF buses well and rode many. The engines were up front under the floor along side of the bus operator. I have gorgeous, sharp, original 8 x 10 prints of the ACF and the Mack buses. I'd send you scans if I had your E-Mail address.
a lot has changed now, as we have disabled access busses, so you should ONLY get parallel and close to the curb; this allows for ALL mobility users to access the bus safely.
This transit bus is mack.
Love this instructions!!!
Certain things have changed. Buses now (at least some) should get close to the curb , pre trip 100% inspection s, there are new features, mirrors, etc. The old days were certainly pleasing for bus drivers in some cases I assume.
I am a Retired Greyhound Bus Driver / 1970 Start in 1950 I just Loved it all.
Always take it easy pulling the bus out. Sorry, the man assumed the bus would stop for him when he walked out in front of the bus without regard to himself. If someone is that oblivious, the world won’t miss them.
It looks like it was filmed in Philadelphia.
Life looked a bit more laid-back in those times.
They were!!
Life in the 50's and 60's was so much simpler. People weren't in such a hurry.
Rata 4U Makes them look more professional, just like the trucker years ago, wear hats and boots not shorts, scandals like these fly by night truckers today
I know this is a transit bus, but believe it or not... the GM and Flxible buses Greyhound used during this period actually had a 4-speed column shift instead of a floor shift! I thought that was rather curious. ⁉
Büssing buses had a column shift in the 50s, and the Renault SC 10, the standard urban bus in France from the 60s to the 80s, had a short (around 10 cm) gear lever on the dash board, then replaced by an automatic one. And so on other brands.
Hard to understand how they thought buses did not need a right hand mirror.
In Chicago we drove trolleybuses without a right side mirror up until the end of service in 1973. You stayed under the wires, followed the turn dots in the street perfectly, and used your inside mirror to see when you could pull into a bus stop if there were parked cars. When in doubt, stop and get out to check. It was not easy. Modern mirrors are much safer.
Same was true on big trucks. Many cars had no exterior mirrors. I'd hate to go back to that.
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Because they were taught to always stay in the right lane at all times. Ergo, no need for a mirror. Crazy I know!!
@richardskola6982 My 1981 Chevette scooter did not have a right-side mirror nor did my 1987 Plymouth Horizon. My 1994 Saturn SL did not have a right side mirror, either. My 1998 Saturn SL-1 did have a right-side mirror as does my current auto, a 2006 Toyota Corolla CE.
another one rides the bus
The sests had cushioned
Was this the bus used in transit on black ops II?
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