Public Safety Movies

This highway scare film produced by the Highway Safety Foundation in 1971, "Decade of Death", is a retrospective of the organization's 10 years of...

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...

Information film about freeways, their interchanges, and driving safely on them.

The film focuses on the essential techniques for lifesavers to safely rescue individuals in distress without endangering themselves. It highlights...

The film emphasizes the importance of safety when using hand tools in a workshop. It discusses the significance of keeping tools sharp and in good...

“Condemned” (c.1960s) is a color fire prevention film presented by Fire Prevention Through Films. It was produced by Julian Olansky in...

The successor to Powerful Stuff, this safety film demonstrates the dangers of high voltage electricity.

The film emphasizes the critical role of lifeguards in preventing accidents and ensuring safety at swimming facilities. It outlines essential...

Dramatizes the plight of a young adventure seeker whose canoe is capsized by a wall of water during a flood. Shows community flood preparations,...

A Jerry Fairbanks and Bell System production, “Anatomy of an Accident” is a 1961 driver's education film in technicolor focusing on...

This Cold War civil defense film attempts to persuade viewers that building a home fallout shelter is a smart thing to do, and they are easy and...

A training film for public shelter managers explaining when people should be allowed to leave the shelter after a disaster.

The film demonstrates survival swimming techniques, emphasizing the importance of staying calm in emergencies. It teaches viewers how to utilize...

The film "Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?" emphasizes the critical importance of sanitation in food handling for public health. It explains how...

A heavily dramatized Civil Defense film that demonstrates how a public fallout shelter is supposed to function after a nuclear attack. This scenario...

An educational film featuring Captain Safety, who teaches children about bus safety. He emphasizes the importance of staying seated, being cautious...

This black & white educational driver safety film is about how to drive on America's new, post-war highways / freeways and on multi lane roads.

This PSA-style film from the 1970s titled “Use Your Head” was presented by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario to eliminate...

Shows how people, faced with the possibility or reality of being infected with venereal disease, cope with their individual situations.

“The Mystery Crash” discusses the dangers of drinking and driving especially as it pertains to the seemingly harmless “social...