#Public information film

[partywithponies]

Kind of a MILF. Smash.

[thenigth0wl]

Day 3 of spooky season >:]

So what did the random wheel choose?

Same as last huh. I thought of drawing Tufty the squirrels so here’s the drawing.(as well as the costume that I drawn for him)

[porcelain-rob0t]

im about to start PSA posting idgaf im sharing my interests on the sharing interests website

some patterns ive picked up on from my years of both seeing PSAs on tv and in youtube compilations. my knowledge and viewing experience is mostly American PSAs and the most common type ive observed is anti-drug PSAs. this is because of Reagan and his "war on drugs", which was just fueling the crack epidemic and incarcerating Black people, as we know. (Ronald Reagan is a lil bitch)

so in the 70s and 80s, the major theme of American PSAs are about drugs like crack, cocaine, and LSD in some rare ones. in the 90s, it was about cocaine, heroin, and just the very beginning of anti meth PSAs. that's where the 2000s and 2010s come in with the Montana Meth Project making some really effective PSAs.

that takes me to the big boss of American anti-drug PSAs, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. they are controversial because the quality varies wildly based on effectiveness. yknow like how the DARE program actually increased teen drug use instead of lowering it. the controversy comes from scare tactics rather than education and harm prevention.

(though the country with the craziest anti-drug PSAs is definitely Singapore. the PSAs about heroin are terrifying)

i will probably make a powerpoint or a video about PSAs bc i think they are neat

[carparkcollapse]

NSPCC - "Don't Look" (1999)

[animeomelette]

Shaft anime really do just depict characters faffing about on railway tracks like they've got some sorta death wish a lot, huh?

Is there a Japanese equivalent to the Finishing Line that this is a reference to?

Remember that Japan has metre-gague railways with some actually pretty wide loading-gague trains, so there is no guarantee that they're at all safe standing where they are

[medjoul]

Warning children about the dangers of playing on frozen ponds

[tfbsattic]

This St. Patrick’s Day, let’s pray for peace.

[the-paradigm-web]

🤷‍♂️

[nooosham3]

Women's Munition Work (1917)

BFI National Archive

"This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in the aircraft industry as well as the tempting prospect of a fun social life."

[carparkcollapse]

CALM - "Car Park" (2006)

[youstupidplonk]

Asking my parents if they remember the “Charlie Says” PIFs of the early 70s and instead of replying they both just made strange cat noises at me. 

[john-waters]

INSIDE NO.9 & PUBLIC INFORMATION FILMS

[tfbsattic]

With Christmas a month away, let this PIF remind you that it’s MUCH BETTER to plan the birthday of Jesus than it is to plan your own funerals. Be safe with decorations, pls.

I find this psa chilling. Mom finds it hilarious. My mom scares me.

[drleevezan]

The Guardians of the Edge from Power of the Doctor, but with the missing classic Doctors poorly spliced in using audio clips from public information films.

[prison-mikes-bandana]

People seem to forget how an entire generation of children were traumatized by their government through public information films from the 70’s and 80’s!! Anybody remember “lonely water”? How about “apache”? If you are really unfortunate you may have seen “the finish line”!!

Here is lonely water