WHAT WENT WRONG MACHINE FAILURES 1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) WHAT WENT WRONG?: MONTAGE OF DAILY HEADLINES DESCRIBING FAILURE OF MAN OR EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN DEATH, INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE. "HINDENBURG CRASHES IN NEW JERSEY", PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDES, 37 HURT," "PLANE CRASHES 179 DIE," "BRAKES FAIL." 01:02:16 ZOOM IN BUILDING DOOR SIGN "FAILURE ANALYSIS ASSOCIATES," OF LOS ANGELES. CU ALAN TETTLEMAN, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF METALLURGY, DOCTOR BERNARD ROSS, MECHANICAL ENGINEER, DOCTOR GERALD GARDNER A CONSULTANT IN HUMAN FACTORS, WHO FORMED THE COMPANY, SIT AT MEETING. 01:02:43 YOUNG BEARDED SCIENTIST WORKS SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC MACHINERY TO PROBE REASONS WHY SYSTEMS FAIL. ZOOM IN ON CRANE AT BUILDING SITE. "WHY DID A BOOM ON CRANE SNAP OFF," ASKS NARRATOR. 01:03:10 TETTLEMAN BENDS OVER, EXAMINES BROKEN PIPE WHERE MAN DIED BECAUSE METAL FAILED. TAKES NOTES, MEASURES THICKNESS OF METAL WITH MICROMETER, AS HE TRIES TO DETERMINE IF NEGLIGENCE WAS INVOLVED. 01:03:54 CU TETTLEMAN EXAMINES METAL FROM FRACTURED CRANE BOOM, IN LAB, UNDER A MICROSCOPE. PHOTOGRAPHS IT. 01:04:14 YOUNG GRADUATE STUDENT PLACES BIT OF METAL IN IMPACT MACHINE, TO STUDY TOUGHNESS OF MATERIAL INCREASES WEIGHT UNTIL FAILURE OCCURS. 01:04:21 CU BIT OF POLISHED METAL IS PLACED IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TO REVEAL ITS MICRO-STRUCTURE. CU SCREEN SHOWS METAL MAGNIFIED FROM TEN TO FIFTY-THOUSAND DIAMETERS. 01:04:47 CU DOCTOR BERNARD ROSS SPEAKS, SAY "ONE OUT OF TWENTY CASE IS AN ACCIDENT TRULY RELATED TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURE, DEFECTIVE FABRICATION." 01:05:35 MONTAGE BROKEN METAL PARTS, CAR SEATS, TANGLED METAL STRUCTURES, TIRES AND WHEEL HUBS. SCIENTIST PEERS THROUGH MICROSCOPE, TO SEE "WHAT WENT WRONG?"