Ada the office Tea Lady wiggles herself and her clanking trolley backwards pushing open a fire door with her Behind. A critical smoking office worker supplies a door wedge and mocks the rules about keeping the door closed at all times. Due to carelessness they stubs out a cigar before they leave the office. After the building has burned down rescued sheepish Tea Lady Ada is subsequently seen being handed a cup of tea by a sympathetic fireman.
Filmed partly in Urdu, Insaaf (Injustice) is a public information film aimed at Britain’s South Asian communities. Produced through the Central Office of Information for the Race Relations Board, it seeks to inform viewers of the Board’s role in enforcing the 1968 Race Relations Act, via the story of a young man denied a job he is qualified for due to the racism of his potential employer.
An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.
Michael Palin guides us on suicide in this humorous public information film on motorway safety.
Impressions of contemporary British arts and fashion. Summary of art through the ages taking in every thing from Mary Quant to the Marat/Sade production. Made for the Montreal "Expo '67" exhibition.
Colin Welland presents this public information film about the hazards of nighttime driving.
Ernie tells Eric to ‘be wise’ and not drive home after their Christmas party.
Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970.
Basil Brush comes to the rescue of potential careless bathers.
Designed to promote the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme: an N.C.P.S. student competes with another boy in a private cycling competition, organised and judged by pop singer, Peter Noone.
The World Is Rich is a 1947 British documentary film directed by Paul Rotha about food shortages after World War II, outlining steps underway to deal with the problems. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Arthur Mullard and Kenneth Williams supply the voices of two gnomes locked in a car boot in this crime prevention short; another impressive example of the big names from film and TV in the COI's locker.
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.
No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.
Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.
The message of this coastguard film was to raise awareness that HM Coastguard had become a ‘999’ service enabling the public to raise the alarm as it does for other emergency services. It was made in 1968 and, highly unusually for an animation short, remade and re-released in 2006.
A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.
This film tells the story of Ronald, an intelligent boy who wants to become an architect or surveyor. His cousins Paul and Jane cannot believe that Ronald has any awareness of building sites. In Paul's imagination, he and his sister set Ronald in a number of typical sites, to see if he can survive the hazards that kill and maim many children each year. Ronald eventually learns the hard way that he did not know as much about building sites as he thought.
Explanatory video programme for the new General Certificate of Secondary Eduction, designed to be shown in schools, utilising the magazine format of the long-running 'That's Life' television programme.
