We’ve had war. We’ve had pestilence. We’ve had death. I don’t want to do famine.
How about something kind of fun, and relatively short? “The Railrodder” from the National Film Board of Canada. This popped up in my recs at random, and I think it’s kind of historically interesting: it was one of the last films Buster Keaton ever made, and his very last silent film appearance. (This is from 1965, and is in color.)
I spent some time trying to find Keaton’s Canadian safety video, but it didn’t turn up. So for bonus material: “Buster Keaton Rides Again” a longer video about the making of “The Railrodder”. Sort of. There’s more to it than that. It is also more than twice as long as the “The Railrodder”, but it has great footage of Keaton at work.