
02 Jan 1970

Facts and Figures or Whatever Happened to Dick
Unambiguous message, unpretentiously inventive animation and a blackly comic tone.
Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.
02 Jan 1970
Unambiguous message, unpretentiously inventive animation and a blackly comic tone.
03 Sep 1969
Zippy public information animation on how to keep up with the Joneses - by getting a rebate on rates.
29 Jun 1945
The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.
21 May 1991
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 her into a car.
04 May 1944
A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.
01 Sep 1989
Mickey and his friends take a close look at important street safety situations and tips.
01 Jan 2007
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service public information film, which features a man, made completely of molten rock and fire talk to the audience against a smoky black background.
01 Jan 1989
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.
18 Oct 1946
A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.
02 Apr 1946
An educational short from Disney on the importance of good nutrition.
02 Jan 1943
This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.
22 Jan 1942
Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
12 Aug 1945
Disney animated educational film about staying safe from disease.
04 Nov 1943
The Seven Dwarfs fight malaria.
01 Jan 1976
Protect and Survive was a public information series on civil defence produced by the British government during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was intended to inform British citizens on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack, and consisted of a mixture of pamphlets, radio broadcasts, and public information films. The series had originally been intended for distribution only in the event of dire national emergency, but provoked such intense public interest that the pamphlets were authorised for general release.
10 Aug 1943
A doctor persuades a group of boys to be vaccinated by explaining how it will protect them against disease. Animated sequences depict the body metaphorically as a city, defended by the blood cells, which are stimulated by vaccination to amass arms and ammunition, in order to defend the city when it is invaded by germs.
29 Jul 1942
Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.
20 Jan 1992
A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.
09 Jan 1967
A boy travels with his sick dog Sniffy to his medicine cabinet, where pills and other medicines sing the dangers of taking medicines without adult supervision.
07 Jan 1952
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.