Public Service Movies

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

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...

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

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to...

Film produced for a coalition of public service groups to combat racial and ethnic hatred. The narrative follows an emotionally insecure Chicago...

Experimental short film about car wreckage and automobile safety.

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...

Filmmaker Gio Petti takes an in-depth look at the city's troublesome transit system in his documentary, Dude, Where's My Bus?. His nearly 2 year-long...

As a woman stands alone beside a Greek or Roman column in an outdoor park, a dracula-like figure rushes her, mouth open, teeth bared, as if to bite...

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...

Dating to 1957, "Men Mail and Machines" is a film presentation of the new electronic and automatic devices being installed in some of the major post...

At the dedication of a new road sign, Dan McGurk tells the story of his forebears and how they helped transform rutted dirt roads into the modern...

A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all...

A young girl relates what happened during her first LSD trip, when – among other things – her food began talking to her.

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

Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in...

[…] 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...

Public information film regarding female safety and how to safeguard against rape

The Inglewood Police Department's 1960s video, "LSD: Trip or Trap?" is a classic of the genre. Alex sez, "It's a story of two friends who enjoy...

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