Public Information Film Movies

A provoking film on the place of women.

Unambiguous message, unpretentiously inventive animation and a blackly comic tone.

An explicit anti-rape film.

This Cold War film "Information Within Public Shelters" (1953) takes place in a fallout shelter, showing how a well-trained staff that provides...

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them.

Training film for shelter managers. Food, water, sanitation, medical, and radiation detection systems are explained.

Educational film for civil defense personnel on requirements for a fallout shelter. Explains types of shelters and degrees of protection.

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...

Anti-tobacco PSA by the Arizona Department of Health Services, with its campaign aimed at teenagers which ran between the mid-90s to early 2000s....

A short film about a planet whose inhabitants chew on poisonous blue sticks.

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

Stark 70s firework safety film which mixes the everyday and the uncanny.

This anti-smoking public information film has the kind of stylistic sheen often associated with 1980s British advertising, with its sci-fi setting,...

Ever had a good experience with doorstep salespeople? Maybe you were lucky, but the doorstep has never seemed the best place for a sensible sales...

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

Discusses causes, symptoms, and treatment of alcoholism. Points out that alcoholism is a disease which involves both physical and mental dependency,...

Created in 1963 at the height of the Cold War, this Civil Defense training film uses a dramatic premise to show how emergency staff should manage and...

Portrays the challenges of creating a film about nuclear disaster amid public apathy. It captures behind-the-scenes moments as the crew discusses the...

Regarded as one of the most horrifying British Public Information Films ever put on the screen, this 18-rated cinema PIF transports its unwitting...