Post by otonanoaji on Mar 2, 2022 5:49:04 GMT
So this is a bit of a strange one. Around the early 2000s a family member rented a VHS tape that was a medical documentary that went over various accidents. However, based on the quality of the film stock my guess is it was actually filmed in the 80s, maybe 70s. The doctors were American so presumably the rest of the footage was too.
The way the documentary was set up is that it would show a recreation of the accident in question, though I don't recall the acting being the kind of hammy acting you'd typically see in these types of recreations. If my memory is serving me correctly the recreations were actually fairly convincing. Nothing graphic, but they were good enough that child me could be convinced they were real if they were in a different context. Then you'd have a doctor talking about the kinds of injuries with medical charts that would show the types of injuries in detail, but illustrated how you'd see in a college text book. The doctors were specialists, and there was a different doctor for each one. I don't remember any of their names (unfortunately). However, I'm pretty sure the doctor that discussed one of the incidents was a stout bald guy, and the doctor discussing burns was an older blonde lady.
The accidents I remember being discussed were a child falling off a balcony, a car accident, and a house fire where they discussed what sort of injuries someone may have sustained. There may have been more things discussed on the VHS but those are the ones I remember.
This wasn't one of those weird mondo films where they just show you graphic imagery. It seemed rather educational in its approach despite discussing potentially real events. The stories may have been based on real life occurrences, but I don't remember if they were specifically real cases or just realistic events.
