The Days of Our Years (1955)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very Cool!!!

Lack of good storyline.

Good movie but grossly overrated

"The Days of Our Years" is a 20-minute instructional safety documentary from the 1950s and there are many more out there. Unluckily for this one here, it got picked up by the unfunny crew of MST3K and made fun of and the result is an IMDb rating which is absolutely not accurate. It is not better or worse than most other of these films from 60 years ago. Is it a good watch? Certainly not. But it is also not a failure either. There are good moments, there are bad moments and a lot could have been done better for sure. I still believe the message is a decent one and the acting is perfectly fine too. Unfortunately, the writing is not and that is the main factor that can bury every movie. It does not deliver from an emotional perspective, even if it really tries on several occasions. I give it a thumbs down. Don't watch.

This short was featured on episode 623 of Mystery Scienc Theater 3000 and boy did it ever need the treatment. To put it simply and to quote Mike Nelson, by the end we discover that accidents are caused, "by joy, sex, and old age." This is particular to accidents on the railroad. This documentary short shoots you with more irrelevant metaphors than the regular Coleman Francis feature, and it leaves you feeling depressed and empty knowing the greatest joys in life always lead to the death of you and your loved ones. I recommend this documentary only in its mst3k format, where it is excellent fodder for m&tbs. I leave you with the vision of a minister strolling his congregations neighborhood, pointing out all the accidents that were caused by the grace of god as a consequence for living the days of their years.

I love this short, it is so depressing and MST are soooo mean with it and everyone involved. Where the heck does religion play into train safety? Who cares, it's a lot of fun. Earl Warren narrates here about members of his congregation who are train people and hate safety, and how these people will go to hell since they are accident prone.This is done by the same people who sponsored Last Clear Chance, another classic from Union Pacific, that one involved the police captain from Adam-12. I don't remember Earl Warren being in any other production except supreme court judge. He was a bit pasty which made him perfect for the role. It was law that you could not be tan in the 50's.

Let's get married by the Earl Warren clone! Mercifully short, this film may be only 20 minutes long, but it feels like several hours. Union Pacific railroad, who also gave us "Last Clear Chance" did this disaster of a film. Pretty bad acting and narrating shoot this one down.