Whatever happened to public information films? You dont see them anymore do you. Can you think of any? Is it because our government thinks its citizens to be more worldly wise than they used to be? Have you yourself been in a public information film?...

is this a british thing?

cborgman said:

Im not sure. I should have asked really. They're like adverts but short films advising you to do and dont do things. Like talking to strangers, walking across train tracks etc

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Charlie says.....

they are so good. Don't forget the crossing the road ones too

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i can still remember one from kindergarten or first grade they showed us about not letting people touch your privates, and it had a lascivious octopus in a fedora and sunglasses trying to touch people.

i dont remember much about it other than the octopus

and, no, i am not kidding.

I liked the electrocution ones with the 70's kids flying kites under electricity pylons and fetching footballs from power sub-stations.

great TV, bring em back!!

ellieadore said:

Yes. I like how the hero of the piece was someone kids looked up to. In the 70s kids were instructed to cross the road by soccer star Kevin Keegan. In the 80s we got cute, cartoon super hero Super Ted.

PREDOMINANT said:

Or that girl who picks up a sparkler on Bonfire Night. She had THE biggest bandage on her hand and looked at the camera as if she was about to be put down.

onenitealone said:

I remember that, and the crossing the road ones. The Charlie ones were the best though.

theres some good ones on this link, including the fireworks girl etc.


Andy lights the fire


George and lil

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/...s_a-f.html

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LleeLlee said:

yeah, i was just about to put up a link to tv ark...i've got that website in my bookmarks, it's a really cool site! i'm a geek when it comes to television ads n'such from around the world.

and i've seen that public info film with the little girl who got burnt by the sparkler...that was busted, "show what happened to your hand!"

JDINTERACTIVE said:

They can be found on ebay .

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

yes it seems like a cool site, this link is pretty good too for archived stuff.
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php


"I got an apple and Charlie got something he likes," they show charlie with a whole fish. I love charlies cat speak

LleeLlee said:

Are you also a fan of the Prodigy's 'Charly' which samples both boy and cat?

I like the ones they did with the G.I.JOE characters at the end of their cartoons. They'd all end with a the enlightened kid saying "Now I know!", to which one of the JOEs would reply with "...and knowing is half the battle!"

There was also another I can remember which was quite disturbing. This couple came back to their house and I think the husband could smell gas. His wife was about to turn a light on and he shouted 'don't!'. It was just the way he said it which really stuck with me.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Still haunts you to this day???

Do you remember that one - a cartoon - with an old bloke who rode a clapped-out bicycyle and he'd been doing it for something like 70 years? I think it was a 'Bicycle Safety' one.

And the Green X code ones.

PREDOMINANT said:

One of the kids i was at school with id the electricity pylon one.....his name was Robin Crane.....he works in a warehouse now
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cborgman said:

Noooo! The US had LOADS!

Especially the 50's ones are GREAT; esp the ones that tell you what to do when a nuclear bomb goes off near you.