NASA's wonderfully trippy industrial guide, Laser Safety, includes uncharacteristically groovy music and sixties-era sci-fi graphics. While FEMA conducts a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System on November 9, the Atlantic Video channel brings you a selection of archival films about safety through the ages.

For more films from the Internet Archive, visit http://www.archive.org/.

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