British Public Information Films 2 DVD Set

Synopsis

A compilation of 22 UK public information films made between 1945 and 1952. Titles are: A Warning to Travellers (Five Pounds in Notes); Berlin Airlift; Brief City; Charley’s March of Time; Charley Junior’s School Days; Coughs and Sneezes; Don’t Spread Germs; Festival In London; Into the Blue; Journey by a London Bus; London Airport; Men of the World; Modern Guide to Health; New Town; Pedestrian Crossing; Pop Goes The Weasel ; Read Any Good Meters Lately? (Watch Your Meters); Shown by Request; What A Life! ; Wing to Wing; Wonder Jet; Your Very Good Health.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2007

Year of production

1945-1952

Subjects

History; Politics & government

Keywords

health education; transport; World War II; public information films

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0

Price

$14.99

Duration/Size

180 minutes

Year

2007

Sections

Title

Warning to Travellers, A (Five Pounds in Notes)

Synopsis

(1949). After World War 2, more money was leaving the UK than was coming in. To stem to the flow, all travellers were permitted no more than £5 in notes when leaving the country.

Duration

1 mins

Title

Berlin Airlift

Synopsis

(1949). How Great Britain did her part in keeping West Berlin free.

Duration

10 mins

Title

Brief City

Synopsis

(1952). A review of the prior year’s Festival of Britain held on the south bank of the Thames river.

Duration

19 mins

Title

Charley’s March of Time

Synopsis

(1948). The popular animated public information films character Charley queries the need for the 1948 National Insurance Acts which legislated health insurance for all citizens.

Duration

9 mins

Title

Charley Junior’s School Days

Synopsis

(1949). The strapping son of Charley learns what the nation’s school system has planned for him.

Duration

9 mins

Title

Coughs and Sneezes

Synopsis

(1945). The dangers of sneezing, and the employing of one’s handkerchief to combat them.

Duration

1 mins

Title

Don’t Spread Germs

Synopsis

(1948). The necessity of placing one’s used handerchiefs in a bowl of disinfectant is here asserted, though a suitable disinfectant is not posited.

Duration

1 mins

Title

Festival In London

Synopsis

(1951) Another fine documentary on the 1951 Festival of Britain held on the south bank of the Thames river.

Duration

10 mins

Title

Into the Blue

Synopsis

(1950). How Great Britain pioneered jet propelled civilian airline service.

Duration

11 mins

Title

Journey by a London Bus

Synopsis

(1950). A delightful, almost Pythonesque film on the famed London Double-Decker Bus system.

Duration

8 mins

Title

London Airport

Synopsis

(1949). A history of London’s famed Heathrow International Airport.

Duration

9 mins

Title

Men of the World

Synopsis

(1950). The British Army abroad in Gibraltar, Egypt’s Suez Canal and Hong Kong.

Duration

10 mins

Title

Modern Guide to Health

Synopsis

(1947). How the nation’s citizenry can correct it’s posture, exercise properly in the fresh air, and keep it’s health up in general.

Duration

9 mins

Title

New Town

Synopsis

(1948). City planning, post-war style.

Duration

8 mins

Title

Pedestrian Crossing

Synopsis

(1948). How to properly cross the road in the UK.

Duration

2 mins

Title

Pop Goes The Weasel

Synopsis

(1948). How the taxes of the day were being spent on the world war of yesterday.

Duration

10 mins

Title

Read Any Good Meters Lately? (Watch Your Meters);

Synopsis

(1947). The necessity of keeping watch on one’s energy consumption.

Duration

1 mins

Title

Shown by Request

Synopsis

(1947). How the Ministry of Information created and distributed precisely the same kind of films contained in this DVD set.

Duration

18 mins

Title

What A Life!

Synopsis

(1949). A light-hearted look at how grim life had become in post-war UK.

Duration

11 mins

Title

Wing to Wing

Synopsis

(1951). Britain’s part in the air forces of NATO.

Duration

10 mins

Title

Wonder Jet

Synopsis

(1950). A history of the jet engine from its invention by Britain’s Sir Frank Whittle to the earliest days of civil jet aviation.

Duration

19 mins

Title

Your Very Good Health.

Synopsis

(1948). Charley’s back to send us off knowing exactly what the National Health Service (NHS) was.

Duration

9 mins

Production Company

Name

Ministry of Information

Distributor

Name

MediaOutlet.com

Email

service@prosperohouse.com

Web

http://www.mediaoutlet.com/ External site opens in new window

Address

PO Box 1432
Bayonne
NJ 07002
USA

Notes

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