Fairground Safety in 1932

Coney Island filmed in 1932.

[@user-ge2fb9fh2q]

Those spinning floor discs look like a death sentence for anyone with hair longer than a boys summer cut.

[@reezdog]

Dont worry kid. That steel bar will keep you on the ride.

[@skunkmaid]

Looks like an era that didn't have ambulance chasers wanting to make money by litigating everything.

[@spacecentergames]

"Can I cover my head?" "No, cross your arms across your chest."

[@no66666]

That last one needs to make a comeback. That looks so much fun!

[@GoldLeafPress]

I can’t imagine if your hair got caught between the rotators. I can already see it with eating clothes. Punching fingers (we all know kids won’t follow rules of safety of hands positions)

[@DeadBeatShitHead]

Imagine loose clothing getting caught and sucking you in like an escalator

[@MrRedneckcrazy]

​@@GoldLeafPresswhew because I was like that's the scariest on this film. Lathe safety.

[@KNETWORK100]

Nah mannn the skin n flesh pinching btwn the spinners . No thank you

[@xFF7xGIRLx]

That last one looked fun.

[@Andla_2806]

Why was everyone, EVERYone, so damn stylish back in the day!!!

[@Nigelfarij]

Because they weren't fat,

[@themidnightinvite]

That's what they'll say about us 100 years from now

[@cdrealist9398]

​@@themidnightinvite Unless diaper cars and fat people are stylish i think not

[@crystalm4324]

Standards! You didn’t leave the house untidy, there were dress codes and social expectations of what to where to what type of event at what time of day.

[@pauldurkee4764]

People bought their clothes from specialist retailers or tailors, now a lot of people wear just branded sportswear, baggy jogging pants were never meant to be attractive.

[@dabidibup]

Disney’s kinda bringing back the last one. The big roulette wheel - it’d be cool if the centre and the floor spun counter to each other

[@RecceCampers]

Holly crap. So fairs used to be fun?

[@chinohilliard4286]

Bro, that looks fun

[@skrq9167]

That looks great. I love the spinning plate. And the best was the rotating discs.

[@user-lh1lw9ky9k]

Those rides look so fun 😁 😮

[@scrapspoon]

Today: have fun Before: good luck

[@sapphirejunction8993]

Ah the good old days...

[@TRIIGGAVELLI]

Before lawsuits

[@ronanlipping1162]

0 chance you were there to experience these

[@anonymous4405]

nooo you can only remembeer the bad parts what about blacck people noooo

[@EllaSouthportfair]

And we lived to tell our grandkids all about the great rides 😂❤

[@CharliRay]

Back when people were built strong

[@alexparker4351]

Born in 1971 but remember going on a couple of those in UK 😂

[@loganq]

And somehow we all survived.

[@zooblesdoobles7298]

except the ones who didnt

[@ramseydoon8277]

Do you really believe that? Like, do you think you made a believable or reasonable or cogent statement?

[@chrishintz1077]

In those days you had to be willing to be bunched up against many other people for some of those rides. Can’t see that happening now. Only in queues, and that’s maddening enough.

[@tezzingtonsir28]

I'd rather queue up than become a casualty.

[@ScottysHaze]

And behold! You can ride such dashing amusements, like this, the knee breaker! Or take a spin on the Tooth Chipper! And remember, ladies, be sure to tie your hair up before laying on the spinning discs, which are so playfully called, The Scalper!

[@TrapShooter68]

Back when people were tough

[@tezzingtonsir28]

And died younger.

[@hensonlaura]

They lived a vibrant life full of ups & downs, aren't drugged, & brainwashed to be fearful of anything out of their comfort zone. Sometimes I think the biggest difference between these people & modern society is that they knew there was no such thing as safety in the world but moderns have been taught to fear nonexistent threats & are distracted away from the very threat that DOES exist. A power-mad, overreaching government.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Looks safe to me.

[@jmflyer55]

Back when amusement parks were still exciting and fun, and not everything seemed like a damn kiddie ride!

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Were you there in those days?

[@darthlaurel]

Better days 😆

[@BearsArms45]

I think you mean “when fairgrounds were fun. And possibly life changing.”

[@WaiferThyme]

😂😂😂 reminds me of the ride i almost died on back in the 80s

[@tonywinward]

How things used to be, and these days Rail staff scream at you if your toe goes on the yellow line 🙄

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Want to go back to those days? Feel free. I bet you weren't even born then.

[@tonywinward]

@@tezzingtonsir28 Lmao did I say about going back? Erm, no… and am I able to. Erm… no.

[@scotbotvideos]

Siri, what's health and safety?

[@hensonlaura]

Siri, what is a self imposed spying device?

[@scotbotvideos]

@@hensonlaura Quite.

[@dicas1988]

Safer days

[@tezzingtonsir28]

The facts say different.

[@bencaso2608]

Fair grounds are still anything but safe

[@tezzingtonsir28]

They are a lot safer.

[@jefo2405]

Uh... they are still not safe...

[@CoolCademMAnimates-fz1ui]

I can see a thousand problems in this video and even more kids getting killed lol

[@dlaidles]

I'd wager they're less safe now.

[@tezzingtonsir28]

You'd lose that wager.

[@larry365]

Haha zero chance

[@hensonlaura]

Less happy, anyway.

[@tardwrangler]

Sodpathe

[@Electricslam77]

Freedom was at its peak here,… It was all downhill for this country after WW2. Big government and taxes combined with ambulance chasing attorneys destroyed it all.