Vintage UK Public Information Films (Vol.3)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Vintage public information adverts from British TV, hand-picked for this compilation with cleaned-up audio & video. Check out the playlists on my channel page for more vintage ad compilations: / retrosteveuk
Chapter Markers:
00:00 Tufty Club (Ice Cream Van)
00:47 Pelican Crossings (Flashing Amber)
01:49 Fire Door Safety
02:48 Never Ever Talk To Strangers
03:34 Think Before You Drink (The Stupid Git)
04:04 Crossing The Road (Grown Ups Aren't Always Right)
06:32 Green Cross Code Man (Robot Droid)
07:23 Supervise Your Children
08:11 ITC Advertising Standards (Slaphead)
08:42 Prevent Crime (Thieving Birds)
09:44 The Fireworks Code (Hale & Pace)
10:06 Drink Driving (In The Summertime)
10:46 TV Licence Evasion (Someone Else's TV)
11:07 Paedophiles Use The Internet
11:49 The Power Game (Plug Safety)
12:30 Road Safety Hedgehogs (King of the Road)
13:12 End Links & Music - บันเทิง
I remember meeting the green cross man in junior school 76. Got my pic took with him and a badge. Couldn't believe, a year later that he was Darth Vader in Star Wars!
That's frickin' awesome! 😃
Omg you must have been so lucky
Thieving birds always gave me the chills because of mainly the music
Green Cross code man was a legend I’m so sad that he passed away in 2014 his pif’s were always so innocent
6:55 - Who would have thought Darth Vader would be teaching children how to cross the road!?
“This is my brother George” I was expecting Peppa Pig. The trauma is there😂😂
That road hedgehog one brought back some memories though. That was the advert that taught me road safety most effectively (outside of my parents, obviously)
That ad with the magpies reminds me of a few months ago when one of them entered our front room not through any open windows, but via the chimney and fireplace! Took an hour before it left through an open door.
Daaamn! 😲
Brilliant - I love Public Information Films! 😊❤️👍
I love that magpies PIF, especially the use of the Psycho Strings.
I dont know why "when you want to go to the ice cream van always take mummy with you" sounds so sinister
Because back in those days - Before kids got their own debit cards and payment apps - „Mummy“ was unfortunately synonymous with „Money“ too... 🍨💸😋
There are certain levels of irony in the Green Cross Code one; the producers seem to have been watching a certain blockbuster film franchise in which the Green Cross Code Man in his other guise featured prominently, and thought "no one will ever think we've ripped off R2D2, would they ... 😇"
Excellent Steve, you even included some that I'd forgotten about when I was a young lad. It was also interesting to see the more modern ones that I'd missed, like that creepy one about people online may not be who they say they are. Thank you once again for making me smile. 😊
Always a pleasure.
Thanks for this, a few I haven't seen for years like the Hale and Pace ones
Just sent my younger brother the link to this video, he wont thank me for it he was terrified of willy weasel and thought his neck got long from being run over and whenever it came on the telly he would run crying to our dear late Mum screaming long neck 😅 I found it highly amusing but hey what are big brothers for, jokes aside we get on really well. Great compilation, thanks 😊 👍
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What about a compilation of public information films from Northern Ireland of similar vintage?
If I had them, then yes.
John Altman, aka Nick Cotton from _EastEnders_ , drink-driving and knocking down that guy. Weird to see that that's him being considerably _less_ villainous and criminal than we're used to 😄
Great as nasty nick,
I remember some of the PIF's from the early 80's, and even now if I watch them they scare the living you know what out of me! They should bring them back or do updated versions of them!
Awesome as always 👍
I prefer the Australian way on crossings without lights.
If you wont hit them you don't need to stop.
The UK is far more built up than Australia, hence the difference.
3:36 Nick Cotton from East Enders was a right bar steward
Was the Stupid Git in the drink-drive ad John "Nasty Nick" Altman? (Just Googled it, yes, it is.)
In 1983 our school was visited by The Green Cross Code Man, AKA Dave Prowse, which comprised of a lecture in the hall and followed by a meet & greet in the playground afterwards. All the boys just wanted to know if Darth Vader really was Luke Skywalker's dad 😂
Brilliant! I'd have loved to have met him.
Imagine that creepy online guy with the kiddie voice showing up at the minor's house but meets Chris Hansen instead and Chris be like "sir, why don't you take a seat right over there" hehe! 😆
8:02Or why not, as per the previous commercial, teach your child to use basic sense when crossing the road, rather than so wrapping them in cotton wool that even by the age of 5 they dont know how to
Back then we warned kids about people on the internet trying to trick them. Nowadays adults appear to be the vulnerable demographic when it comes to believing BS online.
That's quite interesting when you think about it.
I think that's interesting about the traffic lights. In the US, as far as I know, the middle light is bright yellow. but the rules are basically the same. I've never seen any person in the UK use the word "subway" as on that sign. I thought that was only a word used in the US. I wish the US had better rules for product ads on TV, but I think only food ads have strict rules. Can anyone here tell me, unless it would be a lot of effort, why UK electrical cords look like they have a literally braided exterior? Only cables from the early part of the 20th century and before were like that in the US.
In my experience those braided exteriors were only really a thing back in the 70s & 80s mostly. I have seen a few USB cables with a kind of fabric coating, though. I think it's supposed to make them stronger.
Willy Weasel should've stuck his neck out...oh hang on a minute!
12:26 - actually that's not correctly wired - there should be no copper cable visible
7:17 Big Dave
We won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the ... Force.
@@RetroSteveUK 😉👌😊
Tell me again the sequence of traffic lights after Green you got me there i normally drive off then.
The message in the film about wiring plugs correctly is absolutely brilliant - Terminal screws _can_ untighten themselves over time, so any manually wired (Non-moulded) plugs and outlets need periodic inspection for safety. This is one of the reasons why household wiring requires safety checks roughly every ten years or so. 👍
Obviously: Any older appliances with hand-fitted plugs (I'm looking at you, Retro folk!) should be checked by a competent electrician, but information about this should be available from appropriate UK Government information pages. 😇
(N.B: This doesn't apply to plugs moulded on to the cable - Generally the case for most appliances post 2000 - Which will have soldered joints. Any damaged plugs or those bearing signs of severe arcing should be checked and replaced if necessary.)
That's damn good advice. I changed the switch on my living room light a few years back and found the positive wire had worked loose over the years. Yikes! 😮
@@RetroSteveUK This happens (On AC circuits) because the electron flow - Though as small as a physical thing can be - Is still a _physical_ movement, and this means that terminals are effectively subject to mechanical vibration when installed and live. This is why electricians like Artisan Electrics tighten terminals down to a much tighter extent than most DIY'ers probably do. ⚡
As a general rule; A loose terminal might be spotted by given circuits exhibiting appropriate characteristics (e.g: Flicker in a table lamp that doesn't present in the house lighting at the same time, or power strips giving unreliable power) and if this is suspected use of a different (Known good) appliance in the same outlet can discriminate between a fault in the appliance itself or the outlet being used. In either case, the assistance of a competent electrician would be recommended. 👷
If you experience MCB trips that seem to be associated with use of a given outlet then you might have a dangerous defect in that outlet (Likely; The wire's worked loose and isn't safely connected to the terminal) and the assistance of a competent electrician should be sought immediately. 👍
Good old Bernard Cribbins voicing the _Tufty Club_ film - I used to go to the _Tufty Club_ when I was wee, but I can't for the life of me now work out why it was an ongoing thing and not just a once-off session. Though I think I'd have particularly appreciated it being combined with the information in that "Grown-Ups Aren't Always Right" film: "Yes, children, adults _are_ annoying, hypocritical a**eholes. Let's find out how to embarrass them and tell them off." 😆😁
My wife was in the Tufty Club. Tiny bit before my time though. She's a little older than I am. I do remember being in the Hector Club (Help The Aged charity's cartoon dog mascot.) I really wish I could find an old advert or something for that.
@@RetroSteveUK Interesting that you say it was before your time, because I think you're a little older than me, Perhaps it's a case of whether anyone was still running one in your area when you were a kid - pretty certain it would've been a volunteer thing.
@@El-Ritmo Possible I suppose. I was born in '74. I have no recollection of it at all from my childhood.
6:40 I am your father
Nnnoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
I’m try in to see the teh lee
10:15 he was in full Monty 10:24 ?
Yes, I thought I'd spotted that too.
Yep - his name is Hugo Speer.
@@El-Ritmo Thank in you 😉👍