Movies: Public information film

With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production design brought public information filmmaking into the realm of state-of-the-art corporate advertising. ...

Featuring the voiceover of Sir Anthony Hopkins, this public information film from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society starts out rather innocently with beautiful hand-painted animation. It describes how once a year a large group of pilot whale...

Sid James learns of the joys of owning a budgerigar....

John Hurt narrates this highly charged and doom-laden public information film from the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign. A cliff-face explodes in slow motion; an industrial drill bores into a huge block of rock; the word 'AIDS' is chiselled into the poli...

An explicit anti-rape film....

Ernie tells Eric to ‘be wise’ and not drive home after their Christmas party....

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks"....

A mysterious stranger foreshadows Death, but is good enough to give a handy driving safety tip along the way....

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography....

This informative herring aid from WWII makes no bones about the need to make the most of every fish....

Ever had a good experience with doorstep salespeople? Maybe you were lucky, but the doorstep has never seemed the best place for a sensible sales decision – which is exactly why companies use it....

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds....

Basil Brush comes to the rescue of potential careless bathers....

As part of a wider anti-litter message, this film addresses the problems of rubbish left on beaches....

Warning children not to play near 'dark and lonely' water, a horror film style look and voice-over is used in this film to highlight the dangers....

Unambiguous message, unpretentiously inventive animation and a blackly comic tone....

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine....

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short....

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children....

Abstract public information film regarding the practice of safe sex....