IS THIS SAFE ?

Normally gates shall be closed when a train passes by!
That's what everbody knows about railroad crossings.
Now, don't panic. Here we are in Italy in 1976 and things are not every time as they should be.
There was a railway personal strike (if you know about Italy, so you know that there are often strikes), so the gates remain open; the approaching train came to a stop and blew the horn, before it slowly passed the crossing without any accident.