Public Safety Movies

  • 1974
    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Defenses, Releases, and Escapes

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Defenses, Releases, and Escapes

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Defenses, Releases, and Escapes

    01974HD

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

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Defenses, Releases, and Escapes
  • 1975
    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Survival Swimming

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Survival Swimming

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Survival Swimming

    01975HD

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

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Survival Swimming
  • 1973
    High Rise Building Problems

    High Rise Building Problems

    High Rise Building Problems

    01973HD

    This is a 1970’s era, color movie discussing problems fire departments have with high rise buildings. It opens with a massive high-rise tower...

    High Rise Building Problems
  • 1974
    Collision Rescue

    Collision Rescue

    Collision Rescue

    01974HD

    When two parties get in a head-on collision, it's up to emergency services to free them from the wreckage. What follows is a demonstration of what...

    Collision Rescue
  • 1963
    About Fallout

    About Fallout

    About Fallout

    01963HD

    Discusses the physics, effects and defense against nuclear fallout. Describes the phenomena of natural radiation and the dangers of fallout. Explains...

    About Fallout
  • 1951
    Multiple Lane Traffic

    Multiple Lane Traffic

    Multiple Lane Traffic

    01951HD

    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.

    Multiple Lane Traffic
  • 1970
    Use Your Head

    Use Your Head

    Use Your Head

    01970HD

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

    Use Your Head
  • 1914
    Making a Convert

    Making a Convert

    Making a Convert

    01914HD

    A short public service film warning people in New Jersey to stay out of the way of oncoming streetcars. The message is framed in a cute romantic...

    Making a Convert
  • 1973
    Your Chance to Live: An Instructor's Guide

    Your Chance to Live: An Instructor's Guide

    Your Chance to Live: An Instructor's Guide

    01973HD

    The Defense Civil Preparedness Agency began an informational campaign in 1972 called Your Chance to Live. As part of the campaign, a series of films...

    Your Chance to Live: An Instructor's Guide
  • 1972
    Your Chance to Live: Hurricane

    Your Chance to Live: Hurricane

    Your Chance to Live: Hurricane

    01972HD

    Released by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in 1972, Your Chance to Live is a series of films which cover threatening events, from forest...

    Your Chance to Live: Hurricane
  • 1974
    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Swimming Rescues

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Swimming Rescues

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Swimming Rescues

    01974HD

    Emphasizes the importance of safe, non-swimming techniques for rescuing drowning victims, highlighting that most drownings can be prevented with...

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Swimming Rescues
  • 1950
    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    01950HD

    This late 1940s/early 1950s rather graphic color film about carelessness and safety operating heavy machinery is presented by Caterpillar.

    The Gambler
  • 1963
    Shelter on a Quiet Street

    Shelter on a Quiet Street

    Shelter on a Quiet Street

    01963HD

    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...

    Shelter on a Quiet Street
  • 1973
    It Can Happen to You!

    It Can Happen to You!

    It Can Happen to You!

    01973HD

    Scenes illustrating assaults or assault attempts are shown, and advice on preventing or escaping from such incidents is given by Jeanne Bray, a...

    It Can Happen to You!
  • 1968
    VD: Know Your Contacts

    VD: Know Your Contacts

    VD: Know Your Contacts

    01968HD

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

    VD: Know Your Contacts
  • 1973
    Your Chance to Live: Heat Wave

    Your Chance to Live: Heat Wave

    Your Chance to Live: Heat Wave

    01973HD

    The film highlights the dangers of extreme heat and the importance of staying hydrated and cool. It portrays a conversation between two friends, one...

    Your Chance to Live: Heat Wave
  • 1970
    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools

    01970HD

    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...

    Safety in the Shop: Hand Tools
  • 1974
    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Preventative Lifeguarding

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Preventative Lifeguarding

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Preventative Lifeguarding

    01974HD

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

    Lifesaving and Water Safety: Preventative Lifeguarding
  • 1976
    Playground Safety: Simple as A, B, C

    Playground Safety: Simple as A, B, C

    Playground Safety: Simple as A, B, C

    01976HD

    The film emphasizes the importance of playground safety through the ABCD framework. It teaches children to avoid unsafe behaviors, be safety-minded,...

    Playground Safety: Simple as A, B, C
  • 1969
    Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?

    Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?

    Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?

    01969HD

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

    Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?