Safes & Vaults versus Hollywood

[Parautoptic]

Not Hollywood but...


Several views of vault doors, locks etc. in this one

https://youtu.be/PlLvb_d8saE

fleeting glimpse of Diebold nameplate too.

[Chubby]

ABout 4 minutes into this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC09FA43Gss

[Chubby]

about 50 minutes in.

[Chubby]

Nice old English unit built into a cupboard at the very start of this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sGzp-j2ATA

[Chubby]

.... as a young man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwmSTzvrAw

From the general shape and the plate I would think this one is a Ratner book safe. Any ideas anyone?

It appears about 25 minutes in, but the whole thing is worth watching.

[Chubby]

Excellent film. What is the safe in Sanders's office 5 minutes into this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwimk3p8DrU

[wylk]

There is a 2007 movie "Flawless" with Michael Caine and Demi Moore about a fictional diamond heist. So of course there is a vault door which looks fairly good at first:



Aside from not looking quite like any door I've seen, things start to fall apart with the details beginning with the single hand wheel; normally there is one for the pressure system and one for the locking bolts. After the door opens, things get worse.



There are no locking bolts and the prop builders seem to think the pressure bars do the locking, on the outside. The inside face shows there is no time lock which seems odd. But the actors do make it look like it's very heavy.

Images are from two trailers, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng2_QeGQBn0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3Oo4P7S-8

[Cepasaccus]

In "Agatha Christie's Poroit", S10E1, "The Mystery of the Blue Train" is a portable strong box with combination lock. It is used as a storage for an expensive diamond on a railway trip. As expected that diamond is stolen nonetheless. Sorry, don't have a good photo and the illegal copies on youtube are really bad.

[wylk]

In "Agatha Christie's Poroit", S10E1, "The Mystery of the Blue Train" is a portable strong box with combination lock. It is used as a storage for an expensive diamond on a railway trip. As expected that diamond is stolen nonetheless. Sorry, don't have a good photo and the illegal copies on youtube are really bad.

I could not resist checking our Poirot collection. Not great images, but here they are. First on the rail platform, second being dragged down the corridor:



Later, two images of the box being opened:



The dial looks Sargent & Greenleaf-ish. This would be in character, the owner is American. I can't say whether that particular dial and ring are proper for the time but the index mark seems poorly aligned with the box. The story's basic plot was in a 1923 short story which was later expanded as a full-length novel in 1928. But the TV series consistently was set in 1936 so that's the year that counts.

[Chubby]

A big double door unit 30 minutes into this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd6YeLAdX9w