I've been thinking a bit more about public information films. One classic example of the genre missed by the BBC is that "Bedtime Routine" one, where this 1920s style couple perform a Noel Coward-esque song and dance routine about how it's a good idea to turn off electrical appliance before you go to bed.
Less excitingly, there was this other one with a simple message: "Old People! Do not get so carried away with reminiscing about your youth that you fall asleep with a lit cigarette and burn down your house!".
I don't know, the '70s... were people always falling into rivers and burning down their houses back then? This never happens now.
It was the welfare state gone mad. We don't have time for the weak and foolish any more...
ReplyDeleteRay
"Get a routine! Show your intention! Fire prevention, fire prevention!"
ReplyDeleteDear God, it is stuck in my head now....
I wish I didn't keep losing me birds
ReplyDeleteI actually found the one about single track roads very useful when I went on holidays to Wales a couple of years ago. I remembered to pull right into that passing space, and also to thank my lucky stars that I was on holiday.
ReplyDeleteI am not making this up.