Don't Let Him Die - Public Information Film from 1968 Part 1

[sickbayman]

Hopefully those who have little understanding of what the Armed forces did then or now..will realise and acknowledge that the successors of these RN Medics and QARNNS Naval Nurses are, despite having had the Dedicated Royal Naval hospitals closed by Successive short sighted UK Governments, still there, and doing a fabulous Job in The Royal navy and especially while Serving, Saving Lives while risking their own, in The Front Line in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.. God Bless them all!

[sickbayman]

The RN had Ambulances for it's own use but did not operate an Ambulance Service per se..but if on the Roads anywhere on RN business they could stop and offer assistance at an accident.

Royal Navy Medical Assistants trained for 1 year and were much better trained then than their Civilian Ambulance Service Colleagues.

[sickbayman]

This Video was made by the Staff of the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar (Gosport, Hants) Training Division in 1969 ..all 'actors' and the narrator were Haslar Nursing & Medical Staff. or Civilians.

It was so far ahead of it's time that it was used for training Purposes by Ambulance and Fire Service staff among others.

Deliberately simplistic and light hearted, it was designed for total First Aid Novices to enjoy and hopefull learn from, as well as for training non Medical First Aiders in Warships

[lamplight5]

The announcer sounds like he's satan.

[PatchesRips]

Will anybody comfort Reg Barnes, who just happened to come along when Frank Lawrence drove like an asshole and we're lucky only killed himself and not a busload of schoolkids or something? Yeah, Red, YOU'RE the asshole; hard to believe, isn't it?

[willpurry]

Thinks hes Lawrence of Arabia I suppose.

[golf1503]

Hmm, Paramedics instead of sailors - now's there's an ignorant comment.

They are not 'just sailors' they are RN Medics. Very highly trained, in fact.

This is one of the first videos (very basic) a new RN Medic would be shown at RNH Haslar as part of early training.

I'd rather have a well trained RN Medic any day of the week.

Also, remember, this is a really old film.

Blimey!

[petechilcott]

An unpedestrianised Gosport High Street

[petechilcott]

You wouldn't happen to have Cold Can Kill anywhere?

[Matty112uk]

I'm pretty sure they didn't have paramedics back in the 60's or 70's, so as soon as the ambulance came, it was how fast you could get the poor bugger to the hospital that determined if they lived or died!

[Anotherrnumber]

it would of helped if they had paramedics instead of sailors

[TheDeistAngle]

This seems kind of... homoerotic.

[cheekymister]

Bits of this Public Information Film were used in the video of "Just The Way I'm Feeling" by Feeder

[jimjams91]

So I guess hypocritical and condecending government propaganda isn't just a recent thing...

[TheGerkuman]

So they go to the trouble of using the word 'asphyxia', yet can't be bothered to use the word 'hypovolemia'. You'd think they'd be inclined to make them all fit together.

[SebAnders]

maybe if Frank ( a motorcycle driving hoodlum) had been a good driver and not been speeding and had heeded the road signs he would't have put Reg (a respectable suit wearing man) in such a traumatic and difficult position....

[JackDaniels267]

He died because Reg rang the Navy!!!!

[veryvickers]

joe gets boobs when he breathes

[MissJ1nsu]

I love how he mentions how human they are. "She's human too" Haha!

[podfunk]

Reg Barnes! You utter cunt!

[basserase]

I had no idea that ambulances were staffed by the royal Navy. This is, bar none, the silliest thing I've ever seen.

[nessnes64]

title should be Just Let Him Die You Bloody Wanker

[N6600]

extra long psa's arent that effective anymore. the most pressing ones oare short but detailed. long psa's tend to look like movies.

[xagcx]

I dig the kettle drum. When this came out did anyone take this seriously? So slow, boring, silly and seriously lacking in any meaningful first aid information.

[IronPants]

Wow, that's one messed up PIF.

"I'm sorry Joe, but if you're so stupid you're just gonna stand there, staring at the blood pouring out of your body, that is Darwinism in action. Also, you are a butt-ugly, abomination of a cartoon man. OK Joe, you may die now"

[granniesfanny]

Great one greaser less

[YukiTheLaughingMan]

Love the music at the beginning.

[TashkentFox]

Aren't the armed forces meant to kill people not save them? Unless we're taking prisoners of course *Sly look on face*

[iluvyurbles]

ha joe woulden't know manly if it punced him in the gut,then mooned him

[iluvyurbles]

Reg:I'm just gonna stand here and do nothing

[couleddie]

Funny that Feeder used some of this footage in their Just The Way I'm Feeling video. Was wondering where it came from.

[fbebeats]

DON'T LET HIM DIE.

Sounds like a grindhouse flick

[fmd74nd]

it the bikers own fault doing 70 on a single track country road no helmet so i say ...fuck um he had it coming the daft cunt at least now theres one less idiot poluting the gene pool

[iluvyurbles]

new rule:WEAR A STINKING HELMET

[BML8384]

You just have to love the humour in this. But it does make a serious point and has to be seen in the context of its time and place. Glad I came across it.

[Abo999]

WTF did he phone the Navy for?

[ashlee1930]

''his girlfriend.. she is human too'' haha, Is it immoral that i find this so amusing?

You have got to love the carefully orchestrated re-enactments hahaha, it's like the RPA of the 1960's :)

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Heh heh heh BONG! Joe sprung a leak and the pair of them got huge noses. LOL

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Joe's girlfriend, she's got a big butt compaired to Joe, maybe that's why Joe is so thin? His g/f is always eating off his plate when they go out to dinner? LOL

P.S. too bad Reg lived back in the day prior to mobile phones. I bet that Frank person wouldn't of died. right?

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Too bad Joe doesn't have a manly body to go with his manly heart and manly blood vesels. And he looks like he doesn't get a proper diet, underfed. As for Reg, I wonder if he turns up in a anti-suicide film, or a film that explains about taking too many pills? LOL

[TokuSentaiSongs]

Man, I swear this is hilarious at times...good advice for the 1960s anyway.

[matttucklover]

gotta remember that the guy was wearing no helmet and speeding. the accident should have never happed so its not all reg's fault

[my9heart9is9still]

lol its kinda funny. not the whole dying thing but reg. i wonder what frank must have thought when he ran off.

[marcvanderloo]

"Dying is no joke". Well I'm glad he cleared up that one for me.

[panacea999]

Josie needs a makeover

[fulcilover]

No mobiles in 1968.

[Stereolabdream]

When were the Sea Cadets running ambulances ?! Perhaps the ambulancemen were on strike again...

[CSStein]

No no Joe, you don't die yet... That comes later...

Alright Josie, you can die now.

[CSStein]

His voice is just so... Creepy!

[trickhoseroff]

Reg was an absolute bastard for not knowing what to do...

[AnalogueAudio1985]

that animation made me laugh. Who the hell would wrap an elastic band around someone's neck?

[kilo83alpha]

y is the navy with the ambulance?

[LoafOfPint]

I'm just surprised the announcer didn't try to BLAME Reg for Frank's death, since his car was parked on that side of the road. It would ignore the fact that Frank was apparently speeding, though. Natural selection, I say.

[greenphantom]

"Or- as the papers put it- an overdose of drugs". Well how else would you put it??

I love these old public information films!

[weelin83]

Joe and his manly heart, pumping manly blood through his manly veins. Yeah, he's a true embodiment of 60s masculinity.

Mind you, Josie's girlish heart is just as important - why, if it stopped then so would her potential to contribute to society. Y'know, by making babies and... making more babies.

Hilarious, thanks for posting!

[ballstomonty]

This is great! I'm always on the look out for PIFs I haven't seen.

Favourite quote 'He didn't damn well know what to do'

[CapnKirkus]

He's going to die!

What do I do?!

That's it!

Stand and watch him die!

[radiofan6872]

"Now dying is no joke."

Well for such a "serious" film, it's immensely funny, particularly with the animations.

[rat03]

I love how as Civanfan said "Mr. Evil Announcer" says Youre not dead yet... that comes later. teehee

[surbon514]

Well done Nigel, standing around looking stuffy with a constipated smile should bring that jammy b#@#ard back to life in no time at all! Why dirty your hands?

[TheLateBobTodd]

We were shown this at secondary school. Pox really, isn't it.

[sacrificaltotem]

i would have taken his wallet.

[S1NR]

no chest compressions?

[electrogeek77]

All the title needs is a "You Selfish Bastard" at the end.

[Civanfan]

Someone needs to tell Mr. Evil Announcer that there's a difference between actively refusing to help someone in danger and simply being unable to.

[JillC2]

The opening looks like it was inspired by the opening of Lawrence of Arabia

[aether141]

Thanks very much. Both this and the Computers film are greatly appreciated.