07 Nov 1941
More Dangerous Than Dynamite
A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.
Protect and Survive
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.
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Patrick Allen Narrator
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