Public Information Films - ITV tonight at 22.15 Britain Beware
Adrian Edmondson delves into the archives of the Central Office of Information, the government department behind public information films, which closed in March. He takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through 66 years of short movies and TV ads that alerted the nation to all kinds of dangers, from road safety to nuclear fallout.
cool! tried recently to find the one about items dropping onto heads, if only because of the 'poem' but my google-fu failed me in finding the vid
@ian, theres loads on youtube... including some horrifically scary ones!
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Sir Isaac Newton told us why
An apple falls down from the sky,
And from this fact, it’s very plain,
All other objects do the same.
A brick, a bolt, a bar, a cup
Invariably fall down, not up,
And every common working tool
Is governed by the self-same rule.
So when you handle tools up there,
Let your watchword be “Take Care “.
If at work you drop a spanner,
It travels in a downward manner.
At work, a fifth of accidents or more
Iillustrate old Newton’s law,
But one thing he forgot to add,
The damage won’t be half as bad
If you are wearing proper clothes,
Especially on your head and toes.
These hats and shoes are there to save
The wearer from an early grave.
So best feet forward and take care
About the kind of shoes you wear,
It’s better to be sure than dead,
So get a hat and keep your head.
Don’t think to go without is brave;
The effects of gravity can be grave…"