30 January 2015

Why you should "keep clear of the yellow line"


A PSA from the 1970s.

Via A London Salmagundi.

3 comments:

  1. stand still and not walk? and what about going up the down escalator? that takes all the fun out of riding an escalator.

    I-)

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  2. The UK in the 70s and early 80s was rife with those awful, terrifying videos. They were a regular injection of horror into our childhoods: this one; the awful one where a mother foolishly polishes beneath a rug, slips on it and DIES; the child climbing a pylon to retrieve a frisbee who catches fire and DIES; the children at the pond who DIE; the terrifying tour around a burnt-down house, full of the ghostly voices of people who have DIED. Etc. etc.

    On a more lighthearted note, we also had Charley and his cartoon cat, who saved him from a paedophile (this wasn't spelt out; at the time I thought the man wanted to poison Charley, since these were generally about DEATH).

    There are ten to watch here: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/public-information-films/26484/10-public-information-films-from-the-70s-and-80s

    I still find them incredibly upsetting to watch; they put me right back in the body of a terrified five-year-old. I'm glad we don't do this to kids any more.

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    1. Thank you, LIz, for the link.

      btw, for "scary", try this one -

      http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-zealand-anti-speeding-public.html

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