Movies: Public information film

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...

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....

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

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

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

A former Doctor Who returns to Earth to deliver a road safety message....

A provoking film on the place of women....

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

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service public information film, which features a man, made completely of molten rock and fire talk to the audience against a smoky black background....

An explicit anti-rape film....

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....

A hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the Great Influenza 1918-18....

A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water....

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...

Colin Welland presents this public information film about the hazards of nighttime driving....

This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly....

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage....

This anti-smoking public information film has the kind of stylistic sheen often associated with 1980s British advertising, with its sci-fi setting, filtered smoke and gloomy aesthetics clearly inspired by the works of Ridley Scott (although it’s dire...

Explains the first aid treatment for burns and scalds to relieve pain, to prevent or treat shock, and to prevent infection. Discusses the different types of burns and demonstrates the proper treatment for each. Shows applications of appropriate banda...

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