Movies: Public service
- 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....
- 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....
- 2012
Driving to the Edge (2012)
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Between 2007 and 2011, 725 Quebecers aged 16 to 24 were killed in car accidents. Excessive speed and alcohol were involved in half of these deaths. To try to understand what is going on in these young drivers' heads when they get behind the wheel, ho...
- 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...
- 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....
- 1977
The Finishing Line (1977)
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When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat surrealist short has a serious message at its co...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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…...
- 1973
Don't Be Like Brenda (1973)
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The brutally entitled Don't Be Like Brenda (1973) is an eight-minute lecture to young women, telling them not to be sexually promiscuous like the film's hapless heroine – although heaven knows, the promiscuity hinted at here is tragically modest. Poo...
- 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 ...
- 1971
Curious Alice (1971)
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The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice's trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole, but rather through her home, where the medicine and kitchen cabinets hol...
- 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....
- 2006
Last cigarette (2006)
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David buys a pack of cigarettes, smokes one, takes the metro and gives the rest of the pack to François, whom he meets on the platform, before walking away without further explanation....
- 1996
Hagedorn (1996)
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A biopic movie based on the titular figure....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....