Movies: Public service

  • 1991
    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi (1991)

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

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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...

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi
  • 1989
    A Nightmare on Drug Street

    A Nightmare on Drug Street (1989)

    A Nightmare on Drug Street

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    Middle class teenagers Jill, Felipe and Eddie, talk about their addiction and drug-related death....

    A Nightmare on Drug Street
  • 1962
    The Hole In The Ground

    The Hole In The Ground (1962)

    The Hole In The Ground

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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....

    The Hole In The Ground
  • 1993
    Alone in the Dark

    Alone in the Dark (1993)

    Alone in the Dark

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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....

    Alone in the Dark
  • 1981
    Say No to Strangers

    Say No to Strangers (1981)

    Say No to Strangers

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    A short film to warn children of sexual predators....

    Say No to Strangers
  • 1969
    Case Study: LSD

    Case Study: LSD (1969)

    Case Study: LSD

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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....

    Case Study: LSD
  • 1952
    Duck and Cover

    Duck and Cover (1952)

    Duck and Cover

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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....

    Duck and Cover
  • 1961
    Seduction of the Innocent

    Seduction of the Innocent (1961)

    Seduction of the Innocent

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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…...

    Seduction of the Innocent
  • 1975
    Drive Carefully, Darling

    Drive Carefully, Darling (1975)

    Drive Carefully, Darling

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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...

    Drive Carefully, Darling
  • 1967
    LSD: Insight or Insanity?

    LSD: Insight or Insanity? (1967)

    LSD: Insight or Insanity?

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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....

    LSD: Insight or Insanity?
  • 1969
    Drugs Are Like That

    Drugs Are Like That (1969)

    Drugs Are Like That

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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 ...

    Drugs Are Like That
  • 1969
    Stoner's Night Out

    Stoner's Night Out (1969)

    Stoner's Night Out

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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...

    Stoner's Night Out
  • 1950
    And Then There Were Four

    And Then There Were Four (1950)

    And Then There Were Four

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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...

    And Then There Were Four
  • 1954
    The House in the Middle

    The House in the Middle (1954)

    The House in the Middle

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    Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb....

    The House in the Middle
  • 1974
    The Burning Hell

    The Burning Hell (1974)

    The Burning Hell

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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....

    The Burning Hell
  • 1963
    One Got Fat

    One Got Fat (1963)

    One Got Fat

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    This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly....

    One Got Fat
  • 1969
    Case Study: Amphetamines

    Case Study: Amphetamines (1969)

    Case Study: Amphetamines

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    A man talks about his addiction to amphetamines and illustrates his struggle by his sudden inability to fix a radio....

    Case Study: Amphetamines
  • 1952
    The High Wall

    The High Wall (1952)

    The High Wall

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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...

    The High Wall
  • 1996
    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

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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 ...

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
  • 1973
    Under the Law: The Hitchhike

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike (1973)

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike

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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...

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike