This is exactly the kind of tape that gets thrown in a dumpster when a school district cleans out a storage room. It ended up in a Goodwill outlet bin in Columbus instead, which means it ended up here.
The Tape
Black clamshell case. No brand tape inside. Seven-minute runtime. Tape ID: VHS-2026-276. Picked up from the Goodwill Outlet on Brice Road in January 2026. The cover is official Ohio state government materials — real production value for a six-and-a-half-minute safety video.
What Is On It
An official Ohio Department of Public Safety educational video produced for school use. The kind of thing that got distributed to every school district in the state, screened during safety week, and then forgotten in a supply closet for twenty years.
The format is a kid explaining bus safety to his mom. The mom is not enthusiastic about this conversation. There is a catchy song. The chat loved it when this ran on stream.
Why It Matters
State government educational videos for schools were never sold commercially. They were duplicated and distributed, then discarded when curricula changed or VHS players disappeared from classrooms. This one is not on the Internet Archive. It is not on YouTube. It carries catalog number HSY #0077, which suggests there are at least 76 other Ohio safety videos that probably no longer exist anywhere.
Six minutes and forty-two seconds of Ohio history. The archive has it.
Stream Notes
Streamed February 10, 2026. The combination of the catchy safety tune, the annoyed mom, and the very specific way the kid describes bus fatalities made for a memorable few minutes of stream content. Short tape, big chat reaction.
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