The Purdue engineering department had an annual picnic that turned into a contest of how quickly the could light the grill. The final year involved a beaker of liquid oxygen on a long stick poured over the charcoal and a lit cigarette. I don’t think they found the grill.
If you have never seen it, this is interesting to watch as a cultural touchstone from the Seventies, and serves as a reminder to see just how much things have changed in so many ways. They could never make this today.
Navy Training Film: "The Man From LOX"
There was a whole generation of sailors who were shown this film as a part of mandatory training. We all loved it, we laughed, we snickered, we joked, all 18, all indestructible.
We all loved it and guffawed when the guy wouldn't shirk his duties and go with the Bikini Girl...and when "The Safety Officer was going to have our ass" we all wished that we had a Safety Officer like that.
But at the very end, nobody laughed at that. And we all remembered. Don't mess around with LOX. A very effective training film for young men.