Educational videos/films you were shown in school.

johnnyyesno · 11-04-2018 07:21AM

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Not sure if there was already a thread about this before or not but here goes. Does anyone have memories of educational films on drink/drugs/safety etc that were shown to pupils in school. I remember our class was made watch this circa 1990. Everyone was bursting out laughing at the various scenes of careless kids being fried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoL3MjllVSs
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There was a shorter PIF of this too which cut to the main action at the end.

Relikk · 13-04-2018 11:47AM

The only videos I remember watching in primary school were episodes of Zig Zag with Paul Coia that the teacher used to record off the TV.

The Crowman · 23-12-2018 10:56AM

I've seen a few mentions online to an a video starring Pajo from Pajos Junkbox that was made to teach children about the dangers of paedophiles and that was shown in schools. Anyone remember seeing this?

Smiles35 · 23-12-2018 04:12PM

I remember one, telling us not to fight with pencils. Was laughing at a bit where the child seems to headbut a pencil into his eye as he was writing.

branie2 · 23-12-2018 05:20PM

I don't know if this counts, but at one point, my history teacher in secondary school showed us The Shadow of Bealnablath, the documentary about the life and shooting of Michael Collins on video.

mightyreds · 23-12-2018 05:26PM

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

A 1980s film about the dangers of trespassing on pylons and electricity sub-stations.

The teenage actor grabs some cables and gets fried. I think most people in the class were laughing. Poor form

Could have shown this more recently guy I know tried to climb a pylon and it didn't end well.

The Crowman · 06-03-2019 11:14PM

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

This wasn't something I saw in school, rather it was at a summer job I did during the 90's in the Hasbro factory in Waterford. It was a health and safety video hosted by Pat Kenny which was obviously from the 80's because he was wearing those huge glasses that were (for some bizarre reason) fashionable then. It was him basically showing you how to lift things properly or wear proper ear defenders around heavy machinery that sort of thing. I had a look on youtube but couldn't find it unfortunately.

Might it be the one that's partly shown in this news report? No sign of Pat Kenny but its the right time frame.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21240543-fue-health-and-safety-campaign/

The Crowman · 01-04-2019 11:36PM

We were shown this one in secondary school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhSe8RRfiM

Bumper Mannix · 29-04-2019 12:57PM

We were shown this anti drugs video in secondary school in 1991 called '"Youre Only Going Nowhere if you cant say NO'". Apparently Liam Brady produced it. Someone uploaded a bunch of random clips from it, I'm not 100% sure of what order they were in but I seem to remember the bits with the rapping being towards the end. I'd say it dates from 89/90. It features an anti drugs rap from Gerry Ryan, ironies of ironies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJl3URsekQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqJsemf4My8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sftqDFyzYk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBew4AO3PRs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWtLx8ax9k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcKBP3-is7U

Aglomerado · 30-04-2019 01:30PM

I remember natural high. We were given the 'lyrics' printed out.
God it's awful.
This was shown to us in conjunction with a member of the local drugs unit passing a block of hash the size of a Bible around the classroom.

Hangdogroad · 15-04-2020 10:48AM

We were shown that Gerry Ryan drugs video too. I forgot he had been in it till recently.

I vaguely remember we were shown a video presented by Peter Ustinov but I can't for the life of me remember what it was about.

Worztron · 20-04-2020 08:39AM

I recall watching The Treaty (1992) in secondary school history class. Great made for TV film. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190088/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treaty_(film)

Hangdogroad · 06-12-2020 01:37AM

Never knew this video existed before seeing it on YouTube. The puppets in it look like what would have resulted if those in Rimini Riddle and Peppermint Park had gotten jiggy with each other. Was anyone here shown this and are they still receiving therapy,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NM1YmVeyd8

Hangdogroad · 02-01-2021 05:05PM

DaeryssaOne wrote: »

Just had a flashback of being about 12 or 13 in secondary school and being shown an anti drugs video where it turned out the little girl's older sister 'Suzanne was on da heroin'.

For some reason that sentence has always stuck with me, we found it particularly hilarious being in a fairly rural school down the country with absolutely no clue what heroin even was, we were a bit too young for any warnings like that!

Sounds like it might be this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPlg1S_MQA

Hangdogroad · 09-01-2021 12:49PM

That channel has quite a few of those type of videos. One on water safety from the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDuhaZWnrM

11-01-2021 10:20PM

I remember being given a colouring book around 1988/89 but all the pictures to be coloured in carried stories of the danger of strangers and it's ok not to like people touching you. I got this at home not at school. Does anyone remember the stay safe programme in primary school? Didnt the church asked for it to be scrapped?

Hangdogroad · 12-01-2021 07:44PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember being given a colouring book around 1988/89 but all the pictures to be coloured in carried stories of the danger of strangers and it's ok not to like people touching you. I got this at home not at school. Does anyone remember the stay safe programme in primary school? Didnt the church asked for it to be scrapped?

Was that with Pajo The Rat, (Pajos Junkbox) ?

Hangdogroad · 07-12-2021 02:17PM

https://youtu.be/nG5bfHZz3Io

whisky_galore · 10-12-2021 12:31PM

Took a bit of rummaging, but we used be shown these. The series was already ancient by that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Co-Mkx-qX4

The theme music is 'Popcorn', could only remember the music so had to search early electronic music to find out what the series was called.

A2LUE42 · 10-12-2021 01:00PM

In secondary school, we were treated to 'The Silent Scream' on VHS.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist and founder of NARAL, teaches the audience about the specifics of suction abortion, followed by an actual abortion of an 11-week old fetus as seen through ultrasound.

Hangdogroad · 25-07-2024 06:56PM

One I haven't seen before. The acting is fecking brutal.

https://youtu.be/1g0Bz5shSo0?si=9_0t0w0CjdjUBlKJ

Hangdogroad · 25-07-2025 10:41AM

Ed Byrne appeared on the "Scarred For Life" podcast a while back and he mentioned the Silent Scream being shown in their school.

George White · 25-07-2025 11:01AM

There was a Kerry amateur dramatics society who did a video about the Famine.

George White · 25-07-2025 11:09AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113163338#Comment_113163338

Was it a doc on Russia? He did several of those.

Was it an Irish one? Because for an international star and polyglot, he could always be easily persuaded to do something here.

Hangdogroad · 25-07-2025 11:20AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123668342#Comment_123668342

It wasnt Irish.

Ive a feeling it could have been on the UN. Vaguely remember a bit where he was having a splitcreen conversation with himself.

Hangdogroad · 25-07-2025 02:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123668342#Comment_123668342

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123668379#Comment_123668379

Found it, it was on the European Parliament and was called "Our Europe", I knew it involved him going on a tour of a building.

The splitscreen conversation seems to have been a figment of my imagination, I was prob thinking of the audio guide that guides him around here.

https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/our-europe-peter-ustinov-visits-the-european-parliament_EP099228

Educational videos/films you were shown in school.

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