Movies: Public information film

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them....

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

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady....

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

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

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...

Public warning film on road safety for children - 3 small children meet Death....

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

A delightful animated appeal to help bringing in Scotland’s harvest, made by the legendary Lotte Reiniger....

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics....

An explicit anti-rape film....

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

This 14-minute animated video looks at the ways children and young people respond to grief, and what the adults around them can do to help. It gives parents and carers an insight into the process of grieving, its physical and emotional effects, and t...

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...

Discusses causes, symptoms, and treatment of alcoholism. Points out that alcoholism is a disease which involves both physical and mental dependency, requiring both physical and mental treatment....

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

Anti-tobacco PSA by the Arizona Department of Health Services, with its campaign aimed at teenagers which ran between the mid-90s to early 2000s. This is one of their later ones, which uses the dark and disturbing imagery of a factory that produces b...

In classic farcical style, the supposed role-model demonstrates the potential dangers of inflatable airbeds to his young ward while doing exactly what he is warning against. Like many of the PIFs directed by Richard Taylor, a serious message is deliv...

Zippy public information animation on how to keep up with the Joneses - by getting a rebate on rates....

The sequel to Smoker of the Future, in which he has a child who will take after his father....