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British Public Information Film about the importance of looking both ways before crossing the street.

Explanatory video programme for the new General Certificate of Secondary Eduction, designed to be shown in schools, utilising the magazine format of...

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving...

Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

This PIF cleverly uses the threat of a knock from the Old Bill to deter would-be vandals. However, if we recall the urban landscape of 1970s Britain...

Public information film warning of the dangers of burglary, using magpies instead of human thieves.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

A road safety awareness video aimed at schoolchildren.

Short road safety film.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Eyes and ears. It's your lookout. An exercise in how to cross the road when there are no marked road crossings.

This punchy warning to motorists is a memorable example of the simple, take-no-prisoners school of public information warnings. Using a fist and an...

Welephant, a character that is still handing out fire safety advice to children today, here appeals to kids not to play with matches. Very...

Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause...

Documentary short directed by Gerald Cockson.

The working of the British electoral and party system as illustrated in the course of a General Election.

Road safety film about how 'accidents always happen to other people'. A series of scenes illustrate careless behavior that could lead to road...

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."