Hospitals Don't Burn Down

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13 жыл бұрын

Made by Film Australia 1977. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. A disturbingly realistic film about a fire in a large hospital. This program pulls no punches and has never dated. The issues remain the same. Designed to blast through the complacency of the "it can't happen here" attitude, the docu-drama vividly portrays a series of credible events that could happen in a hospital, large nursing home or any high-rise complex. This film shows the terrifying speed with which flames and smoke can engulf a building and the difficulties of evacuating the seriously ill and incapacitated, especially at night with a skeleton staff and when visibility is low. The consequences are disastrous. Brian Trenchard-Smith made only one film for Film Australia and it is one that displays his talent for horror. Long recognised as a leading maker of slasher films, Quentin Tarantino has referred to him as one of his favourite directors.

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@aaronhadley8085 3 жыл бұрын

I was a fire rescue dispatcher in the early 90s. The only alarms that actually scared me were calls or automatic alarms from hospitals. Later on I became a social worker in nursing homes. I've had 3 clients set themselves on fire smoking, 2 of them while wearing oxygen despite all the warnings we gave them.

@si_vis_amari_ama 4 жыл бұрын

No-one forgets this film. Several years ago I had the good fortune to meet the protagonist, Ms Jeannie Drynan ("Sister"). Of course I recognised her from this film. In the early 80's this film did what it was designed to do and made a very significant impression upon us Student Nurses. I said to her that I would like to sincerely thank her for her work in this film, and I described it's profound effect upon us all. I said that I still clearly remembered it 30 years later. Ms Drynan's response both delighted and surprised me; she said that she was pleased that I told her this as this film was very important to her. I cannot now recall her exact words, but the meaning was that she cared and wanted it to make an impression in order to help others. I think this shows through her excellent acting. She was was so lovely, gracious and humble. I was so pleased that I had the opportunity give heartfelt thanks from all us Nurses.

@robertsteinbach7325 3 жыл бұрын

This is based off of a real event in 1961,the Hartford Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Every bit: the cigarette thrown down into the laundry chute; the ladders not reaching high enough, the fire shooting out of the chute; everything actually happened in the Hospital Fire. In this movie, 9 died. In the real one in 1961, 16 died. Had the Hospital had sprinklers it would have given the fire department amble time to put out the fire and an evacuation would not be necessary. After the 1961 Hospital fire in Hartford Connecticut, all Hospitals in the states were required to install sprinklers and lock all chutes. New Hospitals were built without laundry chutes, all cleaning equipment had industrial lint filters, had sprinklers installed in every room, and had heavy doors in every room to secure them from fire.

@mariekatherine5238 7 жыл бұрын

This is almost definitely based upon a fire on Dec. 8, 1961 at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. In real life, it was traced to a cigarette tossed down a laundry chute, probably by a visitor.

@Park501 3 жыл бұрын

yup watched that video which linked to this one (also most of this video was filmed at Concord Hospital - in Australia)

@ssbohio 3 жыл бұрын

It was a trash chute, but the result was the same. The chute became a blowtorch when they tried to extinguish the flames by opening the doors in the basement trash room.

@marty9376 3 жыл бұрын

16 died in the fire I believe this story is based on

@jenniferhalat6335 Жыл бұрын

Watched this film in 1982 as part of our nurses training. A mock evacuation of a ward complete with the fire brigade followed. We reenacted scenes from this film, minus the slapping! Patients smoking on the wards in the early 80's was still completely normal; doctors even did it on ward rounds. Wow, astonishing!

@hotlavatube 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like this was inspired by the 1961 Hartford, CT hospital fire which killed 16. The fire blasted up through the trash chute and set the 9th floor on fire. The disaster led to many improvements in fire safety for hospitals.

@collegeman1988 8 жыл бұрын

If anything, the one place where the "it can't happen here" syndrome happens again and again and again at nightclubs, where maximum occupancy laws are exceeded and ignored, fire code regulations regarding flammable and combustible materials are flagrantly violated, sprinkler systems are nonexistent, and fire exits are often blocked or denied access to nightclub patrons in a fire emergency.

@ruairidaly6452 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed it kind of puts me off going out to these places

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

collegeman1988- IKR... And the scary part is, the next disaster is out there somewhere, just waiting to happen!

@jamesshore2987 6 жыл бұрын

Yep. Even today with automatic detection and technology, we all still need to be prepared

@FireAlarmDude5967 4 жыл бұрын

Okoboji Station Nightclub Fire

@JCBro-yg8vd 4 жыл бұрын

The Station Nightclub Fire is a prime example of that mentality, despite the history of nightclub fires.

@franceskronenwett3539 Жыл бұрын

This was so shocking. That stupid smoker will have to live with fact that his addiction cost the lives of 9 innocent people including a child. I have seen the documentary about the Hartford Hospital fire. Thank goodness safety measures have vastly improved since then.

@derrickguffey4775 Жыл бұрын

Except that I his movie was based on actual events and the man who was the apparent cause had no idea what he did and in truth was never even identified. So how can he feel guilty when he's basically ignorant of what happened? And there are alot of folks who have them and do now smoke myself included and we have never caused an event like this. This was tragic yes and most likely avoidable but it does occasionally occur

@bwktlcn 4 жыл бұрын

We’ve had two patients set their beds on fire in the last ten years. Both cases we had furnished and applied nicotine patches to the patients - it’s not like we didn’t address the nicotine dependence. We also told them the dangers of if they smoked while wearing a patch. These two had been caught smoking before, and we confiscated their lighters and cigarettes on admission. So, of course, the families brought them more. Did I mention they were both on oxygen? Luckily because tragedies like this had influenced design, all we had to do was get the patient out of the room and use fire extinguishers, then closed the door and waited for the fire department to certify the fire was out. And by the way....if you set the hospital on fire, you will find yourself on the non-admit list. We will treat and stabilize, then transfer you to a facility that will take you.

@billinct860 2 жыл бұрын

The patch only works with someone trying to quit smoking, not people forced to wear it. Someone doesn't understand addiction here.

@JCBro-yg8vd 4 жыл бұрын

It's sad that because that little girl just had to go back to get her teddy, she got herself and the male nurse who went back to save her killed. The most basic fire safety lesson of all is: Get out and stay out! Don't go back for anything or anyone!

@jayems332 8 жыл бұрын

When I trained at Royal Perth Hospital in 1968 we were shown this film. It left an indelible mark on me. I remembered the main facts and especially the child with the teddy and the male nurse.

@NubEmilyne 7 жыл бұрын

But this was produced in 1977

@jayems332 7 жыл бұрын

NubEmilyne It can't have been produced so late, because we saw it in 1968-69. I actually went looking for the film by name because we saw it in training. I was no longer working in 1977 and completed training in 1971. Unless someone else produced exactly the same film prior to this one, this is it.

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

jay Em- Interesting. Makes me wonder when this film was actually made, or if it was a reboot of a previous training film.

@jaywalker7363 3 жыл бұрын

IMDb: Release date - June 20, 1978

@Davez621 7 ай бұрын

@@jayems332 The vehicles in the film prove that it was made in the 70s.

@TheRealNormanBates 7 жыл бұрын

I love how the guy who smokes realizes he started the fire.. yet he continues to smoke.

@NFSAFilms 7 жыл бұрын

lol.... it's an highly addictive substance for sure. And after such a stressful event he probably felt he needed a ciggie.

@jamesshore2987 6 жыл бұрын

He’s such an arse

@robmayer1672 5 жыл бұрын

I would take the shovel to him for being a knob

@LisaK485 3 жыл бұрын

Jeez....I started this fire....I need another smoke!

@LisaK485 3 жыл бұрын

Totally....my cigarette started this....I need another one....

@ticktock9362 7 жыл бұрын

first saw this as part of my hospital fire emergency training back in 1983. still chills me as it is so real and i know concord hospital very well...

@Superduper666 12 жыл бұрын

I was told they stopped showing this film to healthcare workers during orientation because some idiot sued stating the film damaged her psychologically... If she was that fragile she had no business being in healthcare... Movie definitely gives food for thought when it comes to hospital fires...

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf? Geez.

@andrewthornhill7042 3 жыл бұрын

This was played to a group of us as new hospital workers in 1983. It freaked me out a bit as it was so well done, but it certainly helped with safety awareness!!

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthornhill7042 Nothing like a little gore, to drive home the point! When I was in electrical school, our instructor had a white, three-ring binder of pictures of electricians who perished, many in horrible ways, because they did not act safely.

@Park501 3 жыл бұрын

Well I would say thats likely hearsay, I will say this film gets a lot of things wrong by todays standards, and thats likely the reason its not played (especially knowing this hospital that it was filmed at very well having worked there as the disaster coordinator -although I had never heard of this film-, there were much better protocols and systems that were put in place in later years that outdated a fair bit of the information, and I figure a lot of staff that saw this could potentially get into trouble if they saw this)

@taraelizabethdensley9475 3 жыл бұрын

Suppose for some people it's pretty shocking, certainly interesting in a scary way

@bigbrowntau 5 жыл бұрын

Saw this in 1983 as a first year nursing student. Brings back memories. Had a patient attack me with a CO2 fire extinguisher a few weeks ago!

@carolwilkinson9688 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this film from my nurse training days. That was nearly forty years ago. Never forgot it.

@Washuluver87 Жыл бұрын

They just showed this video to my class in our LPN school. Doing a HW assignment on it and you are right I'll never forget this video in all my days.

@jamesshore2987 6 жыл бұрын

Especially in a hospital, this film tells us that a few broken bones are better than death

@inkyguy Жыл бұрын

In some fires more people have been killed from jumping than from flames and smoke.

@couzygirl 11 жыл бұрын

Although made in Australia, this movie was based on the actual fire that occurred in The Hartford Hospital in AMERICA, in 1961. Things were a lot different then, 50 years ago ... and a lot of changes were made because of what happened. I was shown this movie as part of my training, when I started nursing in 1981. Scared the hell out of me!! Things are so much different now thank goodness BUT one careless act could still cause a castastophe. Makes you think!

@wendyhayes1006 4 жыл бұрын

couzygirl I saw it in 1982 during my nursing training.

@jezman8652 2 жыл бұрын

They also filmed much of All Saints at the hospital they used for the inside scenes in this film, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital.

@michelepraden7048 Жыл бұрын

I saw this film (original version which was much more graphic) 3 times through out my 18 years of RN practice. It has definitely left a very significant impression on me. There was 1 code red (fire) in my years of practice. Thank God each patient's room had a fire door. The patients were safe. We did not have to evacuate the hospital. The fire company got the fire under control/put out quickly. I'm now retired, but not because of the fire. Thank the Lord for watching over us & keeping everyone safe.

@nokomarie1963 8 жыл бұрын

I just love how the nurse keeps her certainly insanitary and probably flammable cap on throughout.

@NFSAFilms 8 жыл бұрын

+Nokomarie Important to keep up appearances in times of crisis ;)

@Superduper666 8 жыл бұрын

Funny how people think about the cap being unsanitary (they can be washed) but don't give a second thought to the shoes.

@nokomarie1963 8 жыл бұрын

Barbara Leibert My clogs don't make me as angry as the stupid cap I wore in nursing school. First thing I did upon graduation was run that thing up a flagpole.

@JillC2 7 жыл бұрын

It could be worse. The nurses on shows like ER all have fake nails (which are basically handheld petri dishes.)

@nokomarie1963 7 жыл бұрын

They are but I keep seeing them.

@robertsteinbach7325 3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me why I don't see laundry chutes and I see sprinklers everywhere in hospitals often.

@bevstockwell3811 9 жыл бұрын

This takes me back to my nurse training! Terrified me then.

@tristanearnest9316 2 жыл бұрын

OMG gurlll! literally me too 😘😍

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 4 жыл бұрын

Brutally realistic.

@lyallsf 13 жыл бұрын

This is the stuff of nightmares for nurses. Evacuating a hospital is the one thing that truly terrifies me however safety has improved and we are better trained to deal with non-medical emergencies like fires in hospitals. I never want it to happen but at least I know what I have to do if it does.

@ebonygarner9213 6 жыл бұрын

lyallsf what do you have to do?

@inkyguy Жыл бұрын

There is a remote fire station alarm but no alarm in the hospital itself, no sprinkler system, there is no separate evacuation structure, no fire suppression system in the laundry and trash reception, no one knows to keep doors closed or close them, no one - in a hospital? - knows how to drop and roll nor how to deal with someone who is on fire.

@laus7504 8 жыл бұрын

I'm an RN and watching this video was part of mandatory training for newly hired nurses. In the US, the nurses' caps were a bit strange. Back when I was young, this movie seemed to be a heavy handed scare tactic like every teenager taking Driver's training was required to watch to "Red Asphalt". Young people had to suck it up and watch the results of unsafely driving a vehicle. Our parents thought, "Good!" slap new drivers in the violent reality to teach them the deadly results from reckless driving. Scare my kid safe since it's far better than identifying his/her body after a senseless accident. I am happily a telecommuter reviewing medical records in my advancing age. Nurses can deal with horrifically graphic images. Although we are still human and take responsibility for our patients. I wonder if they still show this disturbing film made in Australia where nurses no longer wear caps at all. Yet we always put the well-being of our patients first. I have to wonder how many nurses, patients, support staff, and doctors have perished along with their patients in hospital fires. Maybe new nurses watch a more modern video of how to handle fires. This particular video was a disturbing reminder of what a nurse is obligated to do. Not just save her/his own life, but save the lives our patients. I have a huge amount of empathy and understanding for fire fighters and police from my experiences and responsibility as a nurse for many years. I am a little surprised after all those years to see this video is available on KZfaq. Sorry for the long comment! Other KZfaqrs give me a hard time for leaving long comments. Well Free Speech and just get over it! You actually don't have to read my comment.

@NFSAFilms 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Laura, thank you for your - long - comment. It makes a change from lol. It's always interesting to hear from people who viewed these archival films in their original context. In this case a training film. Also interesting that it was being used in America. If you check some of the other comments people have mentioned that it may have been based on an actual hospital fire in the U.K. Your comment that it seems deliberately shocking or heavy handed is astute as it was directed by Australia's foremost director of 'schlock' or horror and action genre films during the 1970s and 1980s, Brian Trenchard-Smith. Brian is a favourite of Quentin Tarantino. Unfortunately this is the only film he made for the Government documentary units. We have a lot of road safety films in the collection and his talents would have fitted right in. And no, nurses don't wear the caps anymore - which always remind me of the Flying Nun.

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

Laura S- As a writer of long comments myself, I appreciate yours!

@si_vis_amari_ama 4 жыл бұрын

As a Student Nurse, we did not think it was unrealistic. I'm here as my colleague today mentioned this film 35 years later. I have never forgotten this film. It made an impression on us all, as the "Wards", uniforms etc were exactly how it was back in the early 80's when there was hospital-based training, (not University), and no-one yet thought it a great idea to put in carpet and fancy-up the utilitarian Wards.

@si_vis_amari_ama 4 жыл бұрын

@@NFSAFilms Nurses wore caps, Sisters wore Veils.

@RuatheSidhe 10 жыл бұрын

Just did my fire warden training today and we watched this incredible film. Blew my mind. You're right... hasn't dated.

@alwanner 12 жыл бұрын

So what do we have? 1) No audible fire alarm inside the hospital. 2) If nurse used good sense and didn't open the chute, fire wouldn't have jumped to 8th floor. 3) Paint/cleaning materials stored carelessly, not to mention state of the basement. 4) Stop, drop and roll? I know people panic, but... 5) Intensive care near the top of the building? In 1977, was this the usual state of hospitals in Australia? Scary!

@rdfox76 7 жыл бұрын

I worked at a US hospital in the late 1990s. We had three ICUs. Medical ICU and Thoracic (heart surgery) ICU were on the fifth floor, while Surgical ICU was on the third floor, all in the "old building". A new building was added onto the new one and we were in the process of moving into it when I worked there; the ICUs there were all on the fourth and fifth floors. Still a common practice.

@sadeva6532 3 жыл бұрын

also 6) fire door propped open enabling fire to surpass containment. 7) No fire drills for personnell 8) No clearly discernible escape routes visible 9) vast accumulation of flammable hazards and fuel sources in the basement 10) no sprinkler system 11) No elevator shutdown in case of fire

@Park501 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not 100% sure what it was like back than (apart from it being build for the World war back in the day) but it is very different now, - Fire alarms of course now (although I think they did actually have them at the time - no laundry chutes anymore (though they still exist in some of the older buildings but they are sealed) - Can't say this doesn't happen, however I have not seen it, normally sections getting worked on would be closed off, however this is not always possible, so cannot say impossible (however they would not use flammable paints) - ICU is 1st floor where radiology is since scans are often needed (building is I believe 11 floors if you include Ground/lower Ground, and Basement...but don't include the tower, or roof, been awhile since I've worked there, however burns unit is on the top floor)

@albert3801 13 жыл бұрын

Wow. How our evacuation procedures and fire safety systems have improved since this movie was made!

@MsDefenestration 5 жыл бұрын

So disturbing...especially for someone who works in a hospital and can imagine what a nightmare a fire there would be. Thank goodness smoking is not allowed, there are sprinklers and fire doors, and we don't have trash chutes! Was this based on the Hartford Hospital fire?

@Dan.Foreman 8 жыл бұрын

Good film, appears to be based around the Hartford Hospital fire of 1961 with some creative licence thrown in.

@NFSAFilms 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Foreman It was directed by Australia's foremost schlock film maker Brian Trenchard-Smith so yes, plenty of creative licence.

@Dan.Foreman 8 жыл бұрын

+NFSA Films , lack of creative licence would result in many black screens when showing smoke filled rooms, this is generally not a good thing ;) This is very well made :)

@NFSAFilms 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Foreman Indeed. Brian is famous for stunts and setting people on fire. This is the only film he made for the government film units. Perhaps he was too scary for the them, or we didn't make enough 'disaster' films for his tastes.

@Washuluver87 Жыл бұрын

Watched this film in Nursing School a yesterday, rewatching it cause honestly 1 it's well made and very interesting, and two cause I need to finish some homework connected to it.

@JillC2 7 жыл бұрын

Fire safety is one of those subjects that definitely benefits from the shock treatment. With that said, why didn't anyone try to help that second nurse?

@NFSAFilms 7 жыл бұрын

There must be a lesson in there somewhere.

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

JillC2 - Apparently Aussies are a cold blooded lot, (IF) this is an accurate portrayal of their characters, which I Doubt! The natural reaction would have been to try to beat out the flames. These reptiles were like: "Oh well, that's what you get for opening the door!" It was more than silly. It bordered on criminal behavior!

@JCBro-yg8vd 4 жыл бұрын

Shock, most likely.

@lukes7479 3 жыл бұрын

@@billanthony7896 Replying to an old comment, but they had nothing to attack the fire with. Most people don't enjoy getting third degree burns. And she was near the door, probably under intense heat, so going anywhere near her would just cause more risk to them.

@LyricalXilence 5 жыл бұрын

Having no sprinklers it seems like the Hartford Fire; which they think was caused by a cigarette.

@vortiki9292 6 жыл бұрын

OMG I AM SO HEART BROKEN EVERYONE THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF ONE STICK AND THE MAN CLEARLY WASENT THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THE EFFECT OF THIS WASENT GREAT ANF THIS IS SO SAD AND HEART BREAKING I KNOW IVE SAID THIS TWICE AND YOU SEE THE MAN AGAIN SMOKING AGAIN AND HE SEES WHAT HE HAS DONE AND HE HAS INSTANT REGRET BUT HE STILL CONTINUES TO SMOKE NOT VERY GOOD >:(

@josephmullen7454 9 жыл бұрын

This is one film that teaches something. How to use a blanket on the floor to move some one by your self. The proper way to do a two man carry. and most important thing. instill calmness in others by your own.

@sadeva6532 3 жыл бұрын

though it is surprising not to see the drop ,roll and cover technique. I'd wager girl and boy scouts are a thing there too. First thing you learn if your clothes catch fire: stop, drop and roll. If another person is there they should cover to help extinguish the flames.

@jayja45 9 жыл бұрын

Any fire alarm enthusiasts know what that kind of smoke detector meter was?

@b3j8 3 жыл бұрын

NOBODY thinks to grab a fire extinguisher for over 12 minutes! In 1961 maybe, but in the 70's?

@christinescullion2932 9 жыл бұрын

Hospital fires can be scary, all those patients, need to be wheeled out or led out, How terrifying!

@DaimosZ 3 жыл бұрын

I get some people are scared by this but I find it entertaining in a schlocky way, reminds me of 70's B Grade stuff like City on Fire and Deathquake. Then again I grew up watching disaster movie's so I guess I am just desensitized to the whole matter (which might not be a good thing lol)

@NFSAFilms 3 жыл бұрын

This film is made by, perhaps, Australia's best schlock film maker Brian Trenchard-Smith.

@DaimosZ 3 жыл бұрын

@@NFSAFilms I see. That explains the grindhouse feel to it.

@timsarsany1582 7 жыл бұрын

Close the dang trash chute door!!

@GarfieldFan83 7 жыл бұрын

TRIVIA TIME: The outside scenes were done at the former Royal Newcastle Hospital (the shot of the fire engines coming down the hill was near the corner of King and Bolton Streets looking towards the cathedral and another scene has the Newcastle Beach Youth Hostel in the background) and the interiors were all done at Concord Repatriation Hospital.

@NFSAFilms 7 жыл бұрын

You win!

@MsTaradk 2 жыл бұрын

OMG memories of my first year of student nursing

@venangoproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Good job Audrey, watch this right before bed

@NFSAFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Oh oh!

@jaimeelee7868 3 жыл бұрын

Dammit Michelle. You should have left the damn teddy bear.

@nickyoung630 8 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but if i was in a hospital and it was burning like that I'd probably be a bit quicker to get everyone and myself out, these actors were under acting, real doctors and nurses are usually a lot faster than this

@jamier5717 8 жыл бұрын

Its like Sons and Daughters meets the Towering Inferno. Irwin Allen down under!

@seanthebluefoxkid8333 3 жыл бұрын

19:07 do not stop for your belongings in a fire. Just get out.

@bluebanana4114 3 жыл бұрын

I'll stop for my cats and my other cats and my rats and also my bunny and my other cat and my dead cat

@relevanteaglealarms109 3 жыл бұрын

tf, Don't be a hero, you can possibly die in a fire.

@NFSAFilms 12 жыл бұрын

Hi Couzygirl some scenes were filmed in Newcastle Hospital (now gone) and in a Sydney hospital too. Will find out more and let you know.

@Park501 3 жыл бұрын

It looks to me most of this was filmed at Concord Repatriation General Hospital, I would recognise those features anywhere Odd that I had never heard of this before as I was a disaster coordinator for a few years, but it doesn't surprise me concord has been in many TV shows, movies ads, etc, they used to film a number of shows there (also says in the Credits)

@PanzerFalcon2232 8 жыл бұрын

Oh just leave the door open, letting fire up from the basement.

@Marcelo_Wolf1 8 ай бұрын

This is why modern hospitals in the United States have fire proof doors every 15 feet that automatically close and create a fire safe compartment. Hospitals nowadays are relatively safe from fires.

@davohna 9 жыл бұрын

Great movie!! I remember seeing this in middle school. There were so many questions, Why didn't the fire dept start spraying the building with water to keep the fire from spreading?. Why didn't the fire crew go in the blding and asst w/evacuating the patients. Clearly the staff had no training on what to do during a fire, or how to help someone if they were on fire. For a movie made in 1977 it was pretty ballsy, the scenes with the people catching on fire was intense and the ironic injustice ending with the guy smoking at the end. Thanks for sharing.

@NFSAFilms 9 жыл бұрын

HI Cattet, thanks for your comment. Yes indeed many unanswered questions. As for the "ballsiness" it was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, his only film for the government film units, and he is better known as one of Australia's great shlock directors. In fact he is much admired by Quentin Tarantino.

@davohna 9 жыл бұрын

NFSA Films Hello, I researched Mr. Trenchard-Smith, very interesting read and as you mentioned I learned that he was an admirer of Quentin. I'm a novice writer and I'm working on my first screenplay, so I'm always looking at different styles of shots and setting. Thanks again for sharing the movie, Shawna

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

cattet Bjackxon- Geez, you make it sound like 1977 was a thousand years ago. Yeah. People were capable of hard hitting drama even when I was twenty years old! We even had jets, twenty-four hour television, and lots of wild sex. Geez...

@southernoregoncatmom6519 4 жыл бұрын

Scarey, yet effective!

@Hertfordshire247 Жыл бұрын

There is almost an Airplane spoof style to this.

@comput3rman77 12 жыл бұрын

The basis for this film is the 1961 Hartford Hospital fire. It almost identical to what happened in real life.

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

computerman13- Yeah, except in real life the fire spread ten times as fast, the smoke was a hundred times thicker, and the whole thing was over and done with in about ten minutes.

@mehistaimsaar1323 5 жыл бұрын

And in a real fire you can't see anything because of thick smoke.

@Truckguy1970 12 жыл бұрын

Fires in real life burn nothing like this,they took the smoke out to see what it actually looks like,except there's more fire and you can't see more then six inches in front of your face in a fully involved room,Been there done that.Been a firefighter for 15 years and it's no fun.

@ashajb8087 Жыл бұрын

Superb 😢😮

@barbaraannecortina7899 7 жыл бұрын

DEFINITELY a film you can't watch at night. Was this fire started deliberately or accidentally?

@emilyperez608 7 жыл бұрын

barbara anne cortina accidentally I think. It didn't look purposeful

@barbaraannecortina7899 6 жыл бұрын

all the same, it's not a film you could watch at night or any fucking time of day.

@valerieehrlich8998 4 жыл бұрын

Accident a patient threw a cigarette down a laundry shoot .....that is how the HartFord Hospital Fire took place...............there are other "fire videos" too. like " the station nightclub fire" that one you don't watch before bed time lol. and also the coconut grove theater fire too............but you do learn from these videos and they have changed fire safety but why does it take a tragedy to do that sort of thing.

@inkyguy Жыл бұрын

Watch it again … and even again, if necessary … and answer the question yourself.

@SS-lv4ee 7 жыл бұрын

it shows why we need all the health and safety that every one mones about but think this would of not been so bad with today's health and safety. so stick to those rules

@FireAlarmDude5967 7 жыл бұрын

This is disturbing...

@LoriLynn97 10 жыл бұрын

rip to all the nine people who died thank you all for being brave

@NFSAFilms 12 жыл бұрын

@peje36 Hi Peje if you are wanting to use any material from this collection it is available from the NFSA FAC Library. Just contact them via the link on the front page of this channel.

@willardcrafto 3 жыл бұрын

Where were the fire alarms. That could’ve saved a LOT more people. And sprinklers.

@marianjeffrey8684 Жыл бұрын

In the days before sprinklers were installed.

@couzygirl 12 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this movie when I started my Nursing Career in the early 1980's. Does anyone know where it was filmed please?

@kyriebates2997 11 жыл бұрын

This film is based on a Real Fire (1961 Hartford Hospital Fire). Very Very BAD.(Hartford,CT.)

@drakesucks 9 жыл бұрын

wow this is just like the Hartford hospital fire

@valerieehrlich8998 4 жыл бұрын

yes it is like the h.h.fire in conneticut it changed fire safety in hospitals forever

@amyyoung2830 2 жыл бұрын

Norfolk, Virginia. Hill Haven Nursing Home, October 5 1989.

@jezman8652 2 жыл бұрын

There was a fatal nursing home fire in Quakers Hill in Sydney 11 years ago, 11 residents died, and it was deliberately lit in 2 different parts of the facility. The perpetrator was a nurse who worked there, he had the nerve to get on camera and pretend like he was some sort of hero, saying how they got everyone out. Later it came out that he lit it, his motive was to cover up the fact he was stealing from the drugs cupboard to feed his habit, he was charged and convicted of 11 counts of murder and handed 11 life sentences without parole. Roger Dean was his name, now nursing homes are required by law to have working sprinkler systems to hopefully prevent a tragedy like this ever happening again.

@Gabby9292K1 5 жыл бұрын

I work in a hospital. During Orientation, we had to watch this movie.......

@jimgyorfi1984 3 жыл бұрын

HOW CAN YOU PUT A FIRE OUT WITH MACHBOX FIRE TRUCKS? YOU NEED BIG AMERICAN FIRE TRUCKS.

@lauramolony 3 жыл бұрын

This is why we Don't allow smoking in these places anymore.

@pe25 12 жыл бұрын

does anyon know where to download the full size movie? it will be used on a trainigsprogram howsoever... thanks

@crystalcritt1895 3 жыл бұрын

Why were they coughing up blood I looked up symptoms of smoke inhalation!? PLEASE tell me someone!? Did that girl die with Norman?! I looked up the victims nothing about child ages only 14 to 84 ages died!?

@chaddallesandro2057 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to Hartford Hospital fire in Connecticut in the 60's

@pettifoggingpharisee 3 жыл бұрын

7:10 SURPRISE! Happy birthday to you!

@thetimeisnowtaine84 4 жыл бұрын

Dont go back for anything when a fire starts

@RayieYT Жыл бұрын

The end is so sad

@Aranimda 3 жыл бұрын

07:58 Is that the best way to handle the broken leg?

@ebonygarner9213 6 жыл бұрын

There goes my sleep for about 100 days

@joebird2334 10 жыл бұрын

where are the fire alarms?????? and why did that nurse shut the door behind her when she went to rescue those kids!!! still there goes my sleep for a year lol

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

Joseph Bird- Doors are natural fire breaks, and can make a difference between living and dying. Many of the people who survived the Hartford Hospital Fire in 1961, did so because they stayed behind closed doors and waited to be rescued by firefighters.

@emirlafuente7980 9 жыл бұрын

Very good movie. I saw a few years ago. How can you do to get it subtitled in Spanish ?. Greetings from Argentina.

@senor-quack1580 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but there isn't really any way that this film would have subtitles or if someone have made a version with subtitles with spanish Love from the Dominican Republic and New York

@bluebanana4114 4 жыл бұрын

I'm never goin into a hospital again

@relevanteaglealarms109 3 жыл бұрын

Why not? They are safe.

@bluebanana4114 3 жыл бұрын

@@relevanteaglealarms109 Not For Me I Always had a fear of hospitals and this made it worse

@taraelizabethdensley9475 2 жыл бұрын

Why did the nurse end up coughing up blood, can smoke inhalation cause that?

@inkyguy Жыл бұрын

🚭 So, so many lives have been lost to fires caused by smoking. The smoking bans that have been enacted over the last 20 years will save countless lives and heartache.

@alexandercanova3575 3 жыл бұрын

The guy with the cigarette should be arrested for starting the fire.

@ammieleighgibben8612 10 жыл бұрын

Don't take elevators

@msnadiak 11 жыл бұрын

It does say in the end credits it was filmed at Royal Newcastle Hospital and Concord Repatriation Hospital.

@elizasummers4398 Жыл бұрын

I feel the pain

@willardcrafto 3 жыл бұрын

5:38 If they had closed the chute door, they could’ve put the fire out and killed no one

@momomojapelo4296 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I download this movie beside KZfaq, please assist?

@NFSAFilms 2 жыл бұрын

It's available for purchase from the NFSA.

@Nothinghere00006 9 ай бұрын

They do burn down though EDIT: You are Underrated NGL

@jameschristmas3206 8 жыл бұрын

Did the hospital seriously not have an alarm/sprinkler system fitted?

@eiricmacbean 8 жыл бұрын

+James Christmas Though this film was made in '77, it's based on a fire that happened in '61. Hospitals made of brick or stone could be grandfathered in and not required to have sprinklers. There was an alarm, but only the fire department knew it had gone off.

@billanthony7896 7 жыл бұрын

eiricmacbean- Another flaw in the film I didn't even consider. Most hospitals had at least "in house" alarms meant to warn the staff. Somebody certainly should have pulled such an alarm, but nobody did.