Movies: Public service

  • 1950
    And Then There Were Four

    And Then There Were Four (1950)

    And Then There Were Four

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    Driving safety film sponsored as a public service by oil companies. Of five drivers who leave home in the morning, only four return, and we wait to learn who the victim is. The film gives considerable discussion to careless driving habits and depicts...

    And Then There Were Four
  • 1974
    The Burning Hell

    The Burning Hell (1974)

    The Burning Hell

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    Pastor Estus W. Pirkle preaches about hell, where all non-Christians will suffer eternal torment. He's also visited by two self-professed “Christians” who don't believe in hell....

    The Burning Hell
  • 1991
    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi (1991)

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

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    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 h...

    Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi
  • 1961
    Seduction of the Innocent

    Seduction of the Innocent (1961)

    Seduction of the Innocent

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    Jeanette, a pretty high school student, is looking for “kicks”. She starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and begins popping bennies, uppers and other pills. Soon she graduates from barbiturates to marijuana…...

    Seduction of the Innocent
  • 1989
    A Nightmare on Drug Street

    A Nightmare on Drug Street (1989)

    A Nightmare on Drug Street

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    Middle class teenagers Jill, Felipe and Eddie, talk about their addiction and drug-related death....

    A Nightmare on Drug Street
  • 1996
    Hagedorn

    Hagedorn (1996)

    Hagedorn

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    A biopic movie based on the titular figure....

    Hagedorn
  • 1993
    Alone in the Dark

    Alone in the Dark (1993)

    Alone in the Dark

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    Tasha Grant, at age 17, goes to a party and gets drunk, not even realizing the potential consequences of her actions. This film introduces the danger of alcohol to youth....

    Alone in the Dark
  • 1977
    The Finishing Line

    The Finishing Line (1977)

    The Finishing Line

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    When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat surrealist short has a serious message at its co...

    The Finishing Line
  • 1971
    Curious Alice

    Curious Alice (1971)

    Curious Alice

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    The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice's trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole, but rather through her home, where the medicine and kitchen cabinets hol...

    Curious Alice
  • 2012
    Driving to the Edge

    Driving to the Edge (2012)

    Driving to the Edge

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    Between 2007 and 2011, 725 Quebecers aged 16 to 24 were killed in car accidents. Excessive speed and alcohol were involved in half of these deaths. To try to understand what is going on in these young drivers' heads when they get behind the wheel, ho...

    Driving to the Edge
  • 1979
    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed (1979)

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

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    Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Vatican or the Virgin Islands. It also attempts to make the functioning of...

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
  • 1969
    Case Study: LSD

    Case Study: LSD (1969)

    Case Study: LSD

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    A young girl relates what happened during her first LSD trip, when – among other things – her food began talking to her....

    Case Study: LSD
  • 1962
    The Hole In The Ground

    The Hole In The Ground (1962)

    The Hole In The Ground

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    Made at the height of 'cold war' paranoia, this drama-documentary shows the work of the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, who's duties included the issuing of public warnings of any nuclear missile strike and the subsequent fallout....

    The Hole In The Ground
  • 1996
    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

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    For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, and David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Guests Tony ...

    Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
  • 1969
    Drugs Are Like That

    Drugs Are Like That (1969)

    Drugs Are Like That

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    […] Though the highs and lows of human experience are all here, it's often the gimcrack set design and fashion chops in these vintage clunkers that really wow – the pot-holder sweater vests, ponytails decorated with yarn, hippies with crumb-catching ...

    Drugs Are Like That
  • 1952
    Duck and Cover

    Duck and Cover (1952)

    Duck and Cover

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    An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb....

    Duck and Cover
  • 1950
    Last Date

    Last Date (1950)

    Last Date

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    Jeanne, a high school girl, dumps her dull boyfriend Larry for Nick, a local thug and hot-rodder she finds exciting. Nick terrifies everyone with his dangerous and reckless driving, but that only turns Jeanne on even more. Until one night, zooming ar...

    Last Date
  • 1973
    Under the Law: The Hitchhike

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike (1973)

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike

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    After receiving an anonymous phone call, the cops pick up a young woman who is wandering around alone in the desert. She tells them that she was given a lift by a stranger, who abandoned her there. Or are there more sides to one story? Part of a seri...

    Under the Law: The Hitchhike
  • 2024
    Dude, Where's My Bus?

    Dude, Where's My Bus? (2024)

    Dude, Where's My Bus?

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    Filmmaker Gio Petti takes an in-depth look at the city's troublesome transit system in his documentary, Dude, Where's My Bus?. His nearly 2 year-long independent investigation delves into the frustrations of daily commuters in Ottawa and more deeply ...

    Dude, Where's My Bus?
  • 1963
    One Got Fat

    One Got Fat (1963)

    One Got Fat

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    This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly....

    One Got Fat