Keyword Public Information Film

A provoking film on the place of women.

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

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.

Sid James learns of the joys of owning a budgerigar.

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

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

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

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 polished surface of a granite headstone and a "Don't Die of Ignorance" leaflet drops onto the surface along with an elegiac bouquet of white lilies. The solemnity of the accompanying voice-over quells any vestiges of ambiguity.

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 whales swim to a small group of islands known as the Faroe Islands.

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

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

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.

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. The film was the result of a £5 million cinema and television campaign aimed at combating the growing spread of HIV and AIDS. With restrictions around the overt promotion of condom use on television and a growing chorus of moral campaigners promulgating their own agenda, the straightforward and doom-laded approach was probably the only viable option for campaign mastermind Sammy Harari. But the result was a hard-hitting and memorable campaign which undoubtedly fulfilled its brief of pervading public consciousness. There are two versions; the one shown in cinemas did not feature John Hurt's famous voiceover.

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

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

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.

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

An explicit anti-rape film.

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