Movies: Public service
- 1991
Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi (1991)
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This is an educational anime short produced to be shown in schools and designed to prevent child abduction. It follows a young girl named Yumi who dreams about a video game she is playing which teaches her what to do if a strange man tries to force h...
- 1989
A Nightmare on Drug Street (1989)
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Middle class teenagers Jill, Felipe and Eddie, talk about their addiction and drug-related death....
- 1962
The Hole In The Ground (1962)
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Made at the height of 'cold war' paranoia, this drama-documentary shows the work of the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, who's duties included the issuing of public warnings of any nuclear missile strike and the subsequent fallout....
- 1993
Alone in the Dark (1993)
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Tasha Grant, at age 17, goes to a party and gets drunk, not even realizing the potential consequences of her actions. This film introduces the danger of alcohol to youth....
- 1981
Say No to Strangers (1981)
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A short film to warn children of sexual predators....
- 1969
Case Study: LSD (1969)
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A young girl relates what happened during her first LSD trip, when – among other things – her food began talking to her....
- 1952
Duck and Cover (1952)
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An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb....
- 1961
Seduction of the Innocent (1961)
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Jeanette, a pretty high school student, is looking for “kicks”. She starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and begins popping bennies, uppers and other pills. Soon she graduates from barbiturates to marijuana…...
- 1975
Drive Carefully, Darling (1975)
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An exhortation to drivers to pay attention to road safety. In just 15 minutes, John Krish manages to give this road safety film something new and different by presenting events not from the point of view of the driver, but of his brain, memory and eg...
- 1967
LSD: Insight or Insanity? (1967)
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Documentary about the potentially dangerous and unpredictable drug LSD. Various experts discuss how LSD is made and the hazards involved in using it while avid users explain why they enjoy taking it....
- 1969
Drugs Are Like That (1969)
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[…] Though the highs and lows of human experience are all here, it's often the gimcrack set design and fashion chops in these vintage clunkers that really wow – the pot-holder sweater vests, ponytails decorated with yarn, hippies with crumb-catching ...
- 1969
Stoner's Night Out (1969)
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Presented by Voices in Society and Travelers Insurance Indemnity, this untitled PSA-style film from the 1970s is a compilation of various anti-drug use PSAs from National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information (NCADI). The films were as...
- 1950
And Then There Were Four (1950)
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Driving safety film sponsored as a public service by oil companies. Of five drivers who leave home in the morning, only four return, and we wait to learn who the victim is. The film gives considerable discussion to careless driving habits and depicts...
- 1954
The House in the Middle (1954)
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Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb....
- 1974
The Burning Hell (1974)
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Pastor Estus W. Pirkle preaches about hell, where all non-Christians will suffer eternal torment. He's also visited by two self-professed “Christians” who don't believe in hell....
- 1963
One Got Fat (1963)
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This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly....
- 1969
Case Study: Amphetamines (1969)
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A man talks about his addiction to amphetamines and illustrates his struggle by his sudden inability to fix a radio....
- 1952
The High Wall (1952)
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Film produced for a coalition of public service groups to combat racial and ethnic hatred. The narrative follows an emotionally insecure Chicago teenager whose bigoted thinking leads him to violence. Explores how prejudices are passed like "a contagi...
- 1996
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)
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For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, and David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Guests Tony ...
- 1973
Under the Law: The Hitchhike (1973)
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After receiving an anonymous phone call, the cops pick up a young woman who is wandering around alone in the desert. She tells them that she was given a lift by a stranger, who abandoned her there. Or are there more sides to one story? Part of a seri...