The Biggest epidemic of our times. Pt. 1

United Kingdom, 1981

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Episode of Series “Man Alive”.
The first of two programs in which doctors, police and accident investigation teams powerfully demonstrate the need for greater care on the roads. This episode presents the statistics on British road accidents and discusses the legislation on seat belts.

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Credits

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1981

Appears in

Man Alive

Group of items

Man Alive

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015824

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic accidents

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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