So Terribly Unnecessary

Excessive speed is the number one killer on the roads: one-thrid of all road deaths are caused by it. By excessive speeding drivers risk their own lives and those of others.

This short film is a translation of an original script from the USSR, written in 1936, but never produced. An over-the-top anti-smoking PSA.

The house hippo is a fictitious species of hippopotamus, and the subject of a Canadian television public service announcement produced by Concerned Children's Advertisers

A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.

A PSA about Hate Crime. Young Izaak finds out that his father has been yet another victim of Hate Crime, while also learning what to do in this situations.

Several children spend a day in the forest and learn from Smokey Bear the five rules to fire safety.

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.

The impact of lingering trauma on an ex-serviceman, triggered by sounds of everyday life.

Young Billy Martin has a vision of Soapy, a giant bar of soap, that teaches him the importance of being clean.

Environmental PSA by Bill Plympton.

WE DRINK TOO MUCH. An unapologetic take on the vicious cycle of earning too little and consuming too much. Part of NAKED ISLAND, 15 super-short and incisive films created by some of Canada's top animators. Framed as “Public Service Alerts,” and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this series blends the art of animation and advertising to promote self-reflection by dissent, satire and wit.

Psychedelic Hanna-Barbera anti-drug PSA, ca. 1970. Created by Art Babbitt - he'd developed Goofy during his time at Disney.

A young woman with PCOS, feeling isolated and frustrated, finds hope and resilience through a supportive women's NGO, transforming her journey from struggle to empowerment.

Anti-tobacco PSA by the Arizona Department of Health Services, with its campaign aimed at teenagers which ran between the mid-90s to early 2000s. This is one of their later ones, which uses the dark and disturbing imagery of a factory that produces both cigarettes and the teenagers who smoke them.

ALL MEN ARE CREMATED EQUAL. An ode to what can happen when Man plays God. Part of NAKED ISLAND, 15 super-short and incisive films created by some of Canada's top animators. Framed as “Public Service Alerts,” and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this series blends the art of animation and advertising to promote self-reflection by dissent, satire and wit.

PSA FROM THE VOID was created for a BGSU 48-Hour Film Festival.

"Scoop of Ignorance" is a Public Service Announcement created to raise awareness about the importance of education.

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

In August 1936, the Olympic Games, orchestrated by Joseph Goebbels, the Third Reich's Minister of Propaganda, took place in Berlin. This was a vast charm offensive designed to present Germany as a nation that respected the Olympic principles of equality and fraternity. This documentary reveals the political strategies of the Third Reich, which benefited from the complicity of the International Olympic Committee in thwarting calls for a boycott by several countries. Once the games were over, Nazi policy intensified. How could the civilized world turn a blind eye to this "great illusion"? Gretel Bergmann, the German Jewish athlete at the center of a bargaining chip between the German authorities and the US government, and Noël Vandernotte, who won a bronze medal in rowing, share their stories.

Few actors have experienced the fabled career of Daniel Roebuck, one of hollywood's busiest actors. Roebuck, a life-long horror and Sci-Fi fan, could be in the Guinness Book of World Records for the number of "Universes" in which he has performed. They include: Halloween, Phantasm, Marvel, Star Wars, The Munsters, LOSt, The Walking Dead, Star Trek, De, Dead Rising, Rob Zombie's Firefly family trilogy and most recently, the Terrifier franchise. Roebuck also works frequently as a writer and director.