Seeing Through Commercials

Seeing Through Commercials 1976

1

Is it the outrageous claims? Or just the bad acting? This early media literacy film helps kids understand that that ads are trying to, well, sell them something. Kitschy good and super tasty, it's lipsmackin' fun!

1976

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line 1942

5.80

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.

1942

The New Spirit

The New Spirit 1942

5.60

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

1942

Gangs: Turning the Corner

Gangs: Turning the Corner 1994

1

This 60 minute video captures in a dynamic format the people and programs that are successfully turning the corner on gangs. Stories and examples from across the United States will highlight winning approaches to confronting the gang problem.

1994

Never Be A Victim

Never Be A Victim 1996

1

POLICE OFFICER JIM BYRNE, Canada's most honoured Safety Education Specialist brings you his famous TEN RULES, with which he has personally tested more than 25,000 students. Learn key strategies now taught in many schools and used by police working with the full NEVER BE A VICTIM Institutional Study Program. Develop your own personal streetproofing skills so you can train and test your family. Robert Gordon, who created this remarkable program in partnership with Metropolitan Police introduces this family video library against a backdrop of today's troubled society. TEACHING LIFE SKILLS FOR A SAFER COMMUNITY OFFICER JIM'S TEN RULES FOR STREETPROOFING • STRANGER MYTHS • ABDUCTION • BEING FOLLOWED • DANGEROUS PLACES • AVOIDING CARS AND VANS • GOOD TOUCHING-BAD TOUCHING

1996

Something You Didn't Eat

Something You Didn't Eat 1945

7.00

Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the American war effort.

1945

Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi 1991

1

This is an educational anime short produced to be shown in schools and designed to prevent child abduction. It follows a young girl named Yumi who dreams about a video game she is playing which teaches her what to do if a strange man tries to force her into a car.

1991

The Story of Menstruation

The Story of Menstruation 1946

5.50

A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.

1946

Suicide Trail

Suicide Trail 1960

1

Shot with a big cowboy nod to the Western genre, this road safety film shows the danger of speeding on an unknown country road at night.

1960

The Saga of the First and Last

The Saga of the First and Last 1954

1

Margaret Conneely was active in amateur filmmaking locally and internationally for nearly half a century, first joining a local Chicago camera club in 1949. Her son, John, stars in Saga of the First and Last, a short film about a boy, a gun and his first (and last) cigarette.

1954

Stoner's Night Out

Stoner's Night Out 1970

1

Presented by Voices in Society and Travelers Insurance Indemnity, this untitled PSA-style film from the 1970s is a compilation of various anti-drug use PSAs from National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information (NCADI). The films were assembled by a film collector who did public screenings of cult films; he often showed this compilation under the moniker “Stoner’s Night Out”. NCADI is the information service for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The PSAs that comprise this film combine footage of drug use as well as interviews. Overall, this film warns of the short-term and long-term effects of drug use with the later segments of the film focusing on marijuana use specifically.

1970

Dr. Wise on Influenza

Dr. Wise on Influenza 1919

1

A hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the Great Influenza 1918-18.

1919

Dead on Their Feet

Dead on Their Feet 1958

1

A road safety film for pedestrians in city traffic. Demonstrates typical unsafe practices.

1958

A Feather in His Collar

A Feather in His Collar 1946

5.00

Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

1946

I Am Me!

I Am Me! 2016

6.30

Aspiring hip-hop star Francisco builds a name for himself as a musical artist while his conscience helps him through family drama and discrimination.

2016