Play Safe (1936)

A little boy jumps on a real train and learns a lesson about safety.
Director: Dave Fleischer
Producer: Max Fleischer
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[@railgun222]

That kid is one person who will risk everything to get his dream. Also the subtle Casey Jones theme was great!

[@Thestraycat6]

Bruh the pfp

[@Luv4MJJ]

One of my all time favorites. I haven’t seen it in decades but always remembered it.

[@WhyAyeMann]

those 3d affects are STUNNING

[@maybehesbornwithitmaybeits9318]

WhyAyeMann damn impressive for 1930s

[@spartangoku7610]

The part you are likely referring to had to be a model.

[@clray123]

I wonder how many little boys learned to sleep on the rails and how many dogs learned to run faster because of this film since 1936.

[@dioniciothomas5716]

Why does it look like every train has a face on it

[@civishamburgum1234]

The design of this lokomotive with its disapearing handles is very dangerous. It will cause confusion and delay.

[@Keychan64]

Shut up thomas

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

So basically amtrak

[@spartangoku7610]

Well, it only happens in specific circumstances and does not compromise safety features, so it’s ok.

[@debralee82]

Wow... I remember this like it was yesterday!

[@onivapor3432]

I have been looking for this skit for years. Now that I found it, I can rest easy

[@totalorganfailure]

Nigwardus you have the homosexual

[@whathell6t]

Digital Gamer What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[@yowarrior3545]

SAME

[@glennviking]

5:14 there's 2 important things to be learned here. 1,Don't do drugs. 2,play safe.

[@erichinkle7347]

The Fleischers were brilliant animators; why are they so forgotten today?

[@mindlessgonzo]

Disney made it that way.

[@davezdragon]

The game Cuphead was inspired by cartoons like these.

[@thecpmr6276]

I like how they subtly toss around the ballad of casey jones in the background.

[@hezronrodrigues248]

The CPMR as

[@123darkelf]

This scared me as a kid.

[@jesselindsey9760]

Dude, I had nightmares of hiding from trains for YEARS after watching this as a kid. This video is still pretty unsettling to me.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

You hid from trains?

[@jesselindsey9760]

Yeah, while I slept. They weren't doing anything nefarious in my dreams, just driving on their tracks. But every time I saw them, I was hit with an enormous sense of dread and the bizarre dream-knowledge that I had to hide and that I could NOT let them see me.

[@meadamillion]

Kain Copper how old are you 90

[@meadamillion]

Kain Copper this came out in 1936

[@Rosemarie11.11]

As a kid I felt the boys anxiety, bro. Nostalgic 😭

[@jessicakey-olmsted9838]

Omg I wanna cry. I haven't watched this in 15 years...

[@steamie98]

4:11 I fear the ingenuity that went into the spastic coupling rods!

[@RailfannerJones]

Same

[@KrimzonFlygon1]

Man's. Best. Friend. I mean...holy SHIT.

[@kellygrote6318]

I'm pretty sure this cartoon is why I'm terrified of trains.

[@OzPoohProductions]

Oh!!! The blue train is evil because he kidnaps the toddler for driving him!!! *screams*

[@kellygrote6318]

@@OzPoohProductions well I mean, I was really young the first time I watched so.

[@JustinGamingFN]

Well when I was younger watching this I was terrified the blue train making a scary face

[@Petemonster62]

The message is that kids who find trains interesting should observe them from a distance.

[@lizard474]

Petemonster62 I’m Intrested in trains but all i do with my model train is either derail it or watch it go around and around

[@daltondick5223]

0:52 Casey Jones, mounted to the cabin, Casey Jones orders in his hand, Casey Jones mounted to the cabin, and he took his farewell trip to the promised land! That’s my favorite song of the railroad.

[@weirdosheep9296]

Fleischer cartoons are the absolute best.

[@Jackplays0612]

Weirdo Sheep 🐑

[@j2fly1]

Weirdo Sheep

[@pokemadpokexpert3891]

absolute creepiest video yet

[@louishamilton1710]

Weirdo Sheep multi-plane projection, ya'll.

[@elisavives1360]

Weirdo Sheep

[@Maestro218]

Now THATS a DOG!

[@OzPoohProductions]

Rover the St. Bernard dog sees the freight train killing the kid.

[@mrawesomemagers9736]

I remember this I have this disc that has all these old cartoons and that's one of them

[@tjman4616]

Same. Does it have casper on the cover? That's the one I have.

[@dooder9612]

lol i have the bigass plastic tape of this dont look at the eddited comment, pls

[@spartangoku7610]

Disc? Ha! I had the vhs!

[@faftybzhjana5421]

What's the name of it..I've been looking for this for years...my mom bought this tape 4 me

[@alexboiarmy4203]

Same does it have an anime wizard of oz on the cover

[@TheMNrailfan227]

In all honesty I think that kid would have done awesome if the controls didn’t disappear.

[@RailfannerJones]

Like what?

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Driving the train, silly?

[@wakkowarner831]

poor dog just want to save that kid

[@OzPoohProductions]

It's up to Rover the St. Bernard dog. He can save the kid because he gets killed by the freight train.

[@railgun222]

3:17 I would be SOOO happy if I woke up to find I was surrounded by the trains I love.

[@pennsylvaniarailfan57]

The one train I want to drive is a NYC Hudson

[@fantump00p3r4]

611 for sure

[@spartangoku7610]

Me too

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

That must have been one hell of a shitty engine if it was experiencing wheelslip without pulling anything. Then again it was just a dream.

[@dogebone4101]

AINGELPROJECT667 yup that ting probably cudent drive one small truck

This cartoon is a part of my childhood

[@s10ondubs]

4:47 The shot was done by using models in the animation was deposited into it

[@Raton_28594_]

I mean they really did a nice job doing it in 3D as well!

[@RailfannerJones]

I knew it!

[@dogpatchtwo]

i use to watch this alot when i was a kid.

[@theclodofclods]

It's been forever since I've seen this.

[@yamigekusu]

I have this cartoon on an old vhs tape that has six hours of cartoons

[@jesselindsey9760]

So do I! I wonder if it's the same tape.

[@izzywasplacedintimeout4714]

YamiGekusu ik

[@gorvin28]

7

[@christopherdempsey3878]

I did too!

[@liftmys10]

@@jesselindsey9760 what is the name of the vhs tape? I used to have one too and i want to get it again

[@pennsylvaniarailfan57]

Man, I wish I could wake up in a train yard with all of my favorite locomotives.🚂

[@OzPoohProductions]

Train yard?

[@christopherrhodes3228]

I wanna travel via St. Bernard, they seem as efficient as steam engines!

[@helenmattos717]

Pp212345667889900

[@OzPoohProductions]

@@helenmattos717 Rover the St. Bernard dog comes to save the day before the toddler gets killed by the freight train.

[@JRodHacker]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS! THANKS FOR UPLOADING! IT'S MY ALL TIME FAVE! :D

[@khorps4756]

LET ME DOWN WILL YA

[@robhicks2117]

Wow! The attention to detail in this cartoon is amazing.

[@KevinStanfordEntertainmentInc.]

4:47 Stop Motion In Max Fleischer In Paramount Cartoons

[@marlenionofre]

Ken Stanford

[@vjovanov2670]

Ĺ

[@sodorsirenproductions2288]

The first cartoon about talking trains before Thomas.

[@AvengeTheCheesee]

Cough* dumb ways to die

[@pavelwandshk9141]

SodorSiren Productions .,spp

[@esterbarahona3297]

@@pavelwandshk9141 ll

[@joachsworld6364]

Montana!

[@fan_of_herbie53]

This was made before the tv show of thomas the tank engine

[@Dionigspr]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS CARTOON FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME!!! THIS SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS AS A KID!!! IT'S EVEN MORE DISTURBING THAN I REMEMBERED AS A KID!!!

[@OzPoohProductions]

Evil!!! *screams*

[@user-bp9xv7cj1b]

In his backyard, a little boy dressed like an engineer, is reading a book about trains while playing with a toy train. He has a brief thought about what it would be like to operate a real train. At that moment, he hears a real freight train approaching. He opens the gate to see the train stop, and goes to board it, but fails when his St. Bernard, whose name is given as Rover, grabs him before he can get far. Still wanting to get a hands-on experience, the boy attaches Rover's collar to a nearby tree and then makes his way toward the train and climbs onboard the boxcar at the end. Rover frantically tries to get free from the rope, fully aware of the dangers at hand. As the train starts moving, the boy ends up falling off, knocking his head against the rails and sending him into Dreamland. Entering subconsciousness, the boy wakes up to find himself in an enormous train yard filled with steam engines with built-in yet uneasy smiley faces. Too excited to care, he looks around and boards the cab of a shiny, greenish blue streamliner engine named Montana. Then he hops in the seat, blows the whistle and pulls the brake lever backward, but starts fiddling with the rest of the valves and levers. The engine starts moving, slowly at first but quickly shifting up to rapid speed. Suddenly, the gauges on the dashboard start stalking the boy with the ominous warning "play safe". Frightened, the boy realizes that Montana is going much too fast, and reaches for the levers, but they disappear before he can grab hold of them. With no way of stopping, the boy finds himself trapped on the runaway engine as it travels around treacherous mountains and into a cavernous tunnel back in placers. Suddenly, from out of nowhere a red streamliner, coming in the opposite direction and screaming, appears on the same track. The two engines blow their whistles at one another, but instead of colliding, they jump off the tracks and scream face to face as the nightmare cuts away. The boy is still not fully awake, and Rover hears another train coming down the tracks. Rover finally manages to break free from his collar, and rushes to the boy's rescue. As the train speedily approaches the boy laying on the tracks, Rover finally manages to outrun the engine. He dips his tail in some red paint and waves it like a flag, hoping to stop the oncoming train. Alas, the engineer doesn't notice and the engine runs into Rover, sending him speeding along the tracks over to his young master, and he grabs the boy in his teeth and pulls him out of danger just as the train speeds right past. Once the train has gone, Rover licks the boy's face to wake him up. He happily hugs and kisses Rover.

[@microbusss]

funny is I DO see "faces" on old steam locomotives still!

[@ZAV1944]

I think that's part of the appeal of American steam locomotives and you could kind of see it to in the early American diesel and electric locomotives.

[@UP4014]

Same

[@Minermarcus7]

Same

[@lectro_folf2424]

I know right!

[@steamandsmoke97]

Every Steam Engine has a face, it just takes the right person to see it. You're one of them. I'm one of them. Some aren't.

[@Tozzywozzy01]

I do wonder if the makers of Animaniacs saw inspiration for the Buttons and Mindy segments from this cartoon.

[@jocking3]

+Tozzywozzy01 I wonder what drugs they used when they made this. It's fucking creepy.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

jocking3 if you think this is creepy, watch "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" on KZbin, which is also a Fleischer cartoon. If you do, remind me to jot you a summary as to why it's also creepy.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

I know. The locomotives faces come out of nowhere, panicing hoping not to die.

[@greenshyguygaming4502]

5:41 Physics

[@Fetchup]

Loved this cartoon for the last 30 years..

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

I remember watching this when I was young, never ever gonna watch the dream part ever again. Creeps me out still.

[@abelmantor7557]

I love the shots from this cartoon.

[@indayteray8647]

This is the best *_ANIMÉ_*

[@e_uthymia]

4:11 I’M LAGGING!

[@mwroach1251]

Prototype Buttons and Mindy. So cool to see this cartoon again!

[@Crazy-Drokon]

what level of Cuphead is this

[@evilmasterstudios]

Michael F The PSA level

[@1981deloreanfan]

The hidden bonus level

[@goodfcuk]

Michael F V

[@paulmarcusmusic]

Railway level

[@huyyie5962]

Michael F 12

[@sonya-pb7zb]

1:41 my new discord pfp

[@dogebone4101]

How did he even learn to drive?

[@lectro_folf2424]

doge bone I guess he payed attention to someone on tv to learn how to drive a steam train

[@RailfannerJones]

Probably he learned on that book he was reading.

[@OzPoohProductions]

@@RailfannerJones Do you think the toddler's going to drive the steam train?

[@Jaxter-xv1qt]

Those old cartoons give me the creepys

[@pockets323]

Did anyone watch this cartoon as a kid on a VHS with some cowboy dude dressed in silver? I've been looking for that video for years

[@danielcarbone2414]

Yes!! I forget the name of that video but I watched it as a kid too!

[@alexpaumen3937]

What I bet many people neglect to see, is that this cartoon was made by the same studio that did Popeye The Sailor.

[@ocvetkovic3130]

*that was some intense shit*

[@MordenTheCoolestJumpluff]

The truck was still there when the train was moving

[@RailfannerJones]

What truck?

[@OzPoohProductions]

@@RailfannerJones The freight train?

[@Xanatos21]

Walt Disney and Max Fleischer were major rivals in the animation industry from the 1920's to the 1940's. I swear, some of these old Fleischer and Disney cartoons from the 1930's were very disturbing and this one is no exception! Of course, I still consider the scary forest scene and the Wicked Queen transforming into the ugly old hag from Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (which came out one year after this Fleisher cartoon here) to be much scarier in comparison! Seriously, I think BOTH Disney and Fleischer INTENDED to traumatize kids back then, lol.

[@EpicMickey777]

The Phantom Express in his earlier years, pre Cuphead.

[@JasontheFolf]

This makes me think of Cuphead and his pal Mugman

[@ThunderTrain2930]

i have this on a DVD somewhere and i miss it

[@RailfannerJones]

Same.

[@RailfannerJones]

I think I seen this on a disc too, but I don't remember.

[@patriotic_car5944]

Maybe a cartoon but this kid is showing never to play with trains because you can always get seriously hurt or even KILLED!

[@gabrielthee2tankengine792]

In a runway train hits angest the train then you are ded

[@Gideon_the_Video_game_railfan]

0:52 Casey Jones song

[@yeadontwearitout]

The dog "saved his tail" at the end in case you missed it. Pretty clever

[@OzPoohProductions]

Did the dog save the kid before the train kills him?

[@spiritedrenee9895]

Thank god the dog moved his tail out of the way! I would have been alittle mad at Fleischer if he forgot to.

[@bennettleffew]

My friend from the South Bay historical railroad society was 8 years old when this was released.

[@Raul_-yh3gc]

I love those cartoons like that

[@Omegajunior2658]

I've seen this classic American cartoon from the 1930s on KZbin about few times and it's very good. It teaches people especially children to learn a lesson about safety. They must be very careful not to play or walk around the train tracks because it is extremely hazardous, ye know. I never played around the train tracks and I never went near the train tracks either (not even in my childhood or teens). Anyway I'm from Ireland.

[@GreyShark5]

What about sleeping on a track ,riceįsniCE

[@the8bitgrandpashow282]

Y’all this was legit kinda scary ngl XD DX

[@RailfannerJones]

It was for me.

[@michael_sharples]

theres a small part missing at 2:29 where he looks at the train wheels and climbs the ladder on the train.

[@Tornado1994]

+michael s The little boy is voiced by 27 year old Mae Questal a.k.a. Little Audrey.

[@OzPoohProductions]

@@Tornado1994 freight train

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

Is it okay if i cried because I didn’t know what happened to the engines?

[@twilightsparkleproductions2173]

they raced backwards after screaming at each other

[@brendaeye1]

beloved old cartoons

[@wakkowarner831]

0:26 ITS BEETHOVEN!!!

[@thecpmr6276]

Actually, that's the Ballad of Casey Jones.

[@4bfb704]

Wakko Warner 0:26

[@spartangoku7610]

I believe the OP is talking about the Saint Bernard dog.

[@jacksongibbs8998]

I don’t know how I know, but I just know that kids’ name is Alex.

[@stephaniebaker8715]

The part where the trains almost run into each other scared me as a kid...still a great cartoon though.(: They don't make 'em like this anymore.

[@spartangoku7610]

Should’ve made a sequel where the dog ends up in dog races. World’s fastest dog.

[@davezdragon]

The train has 4561 on the front - the same number as a certain LEGO train set.

[@dvdgcb]

Morale: kids are brats, dogs are angels 😂😂

[@UP4014]

The cartoons that I still watch in 2018

[@pervysage4499]

I remember as this as a kid

[@BrenTenkage]

remember watching this on my 6 Hour VHS of public Domain cartoons, this one always stuck out and I sometimes just randomy remember PLAY SAFE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

[@FoolishLearner]

I remember watching things like this throughout the entirety of my childhood, mabye that's why I'm not already a father on a welfare program...

[@javimartiarena]

4:25- Thomas runaway theme starts...

[@fricklet7210]

Seriously I don't care about Thomas the Tank Engine #roasted

[@klompex100]

Lauri Tyler Thomas the Tank Engine is the best Thing ever

[@fricklet7210]

@@klompex100 still I don't care I'm just going to block you

[@klompex100]

Uh

[@ignatiusyudha.s.7080]

Javi Martiarena z

[@--marshy--]

Every Engine Has a Face That just Screams *MY SOUL IS BURNING*

[@OzPoohProductions]

Evil!!! *screams*

[@nolwazi3076]

Yyeeeesssss I remember this one!!

[@StormTh_atIsApproaching]

When the stuff started to disappeared i was scared that i went to my dad to watch it with me

[@fortepiano4491]

We don't deserve dogs 100

[@SDS-ee9js]

I remember I saw this as a kid on tv and it made me afraid of trains

[@polarisice3190]

Why is there even a get in he backyard leading to the train tracks

[@JonasJ50]

so some of the scenes with the train look like live action

[@spartangoku7610]

Jonas Frenel probably a model.

[@pokemadpokexpert3891]

2:53 THAT KID BOUNCED HE DEAD

[@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757]

No he didn't *30s cartoon logic*

[@connormclernon26]

Pokémad Pokéxpert I don’t get it. Why would bouncing mean he’s dead?

[@cpufreak101]

@@connormclernon26 I'm no expert, but I believe it's because the amount of G's that you'd experience to need to bounce from a fall would cause critical internal damage

[@albin.9802]

Not to mention he hit the back of his head on the rail

[@OzPoohProductions]

@@albin.9802 What's happening to the kid?

[@BIG_ONE001]

People who dont know the song:😊 People who know the song: uh oh mail train crash

[@kalm696]

0:01 lolol XD

[@ybulbu]

This is a very nice copy of the cartoon, much better than the one included at the "Somewhere in Dreamland" DVDs. Where can we find it uncompressed?

[@JustinGamingFN]

When I was little I laughed so hard to this part of the dog trying to get out and I almost peed my pants to this while laughing. 2:38

[@NessLover94]

Fools who deliberately challenge their own destiny will either die or suffer a traumatic experience.

[@JonasJ50]

for some odd reason you see the green trucks moving but when the dog is trying to go and stop the train you can see that the green truck is not moving at all

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Let's make a kids cartoon. Let's make the dream scary as hell having valves yell at kids and have two trains scream at each other with scary faces while they transform and get arms as they almost die. That's kid friendly.

[@brando_gaming249]

2:39 how is the cart still there.

[@s10ondubs]

Brando_gaming must be in animation Error

[@ARandomUser12]

Im late to the party on this reference But in S2 E2 of The Cuphead Show, theres a train going straight towards the 3 and he blows he's whistle almost like the Red Train at 5:20

[@SPNGLovato18]

This really disturbed me......