Safety ads from the 70's and 80's,which ones would you like to see again?

Scar Tissue · 03-07-2013 2:50am

Does anyone remember the one where there was a family or something in a car, and they were in the car when it was being crushed like they do for scrap yards?

darkdubh · 03-07-2013 9:12am

Seasan wrote: »

Here are 3 PSAs-all from the same time,all about the same thing,all very scary. From both Irish and British television.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ghQVJ3qAcAU

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fErrB8NfARE

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJexHVklwKI

The link for the Irish one dosen't work there,here it is.

http://youtu.be/ghQVJ3qAcAU

An Riabhach · 03-07-2013 9:21pm

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Playing hide and seek on the farm and the young lad falls into the slurry pit, scares the hell out of me still.

I can vaguely remember that one...was that on British TV?

nlgbbbblth · 03-07-2013 9:28pm

Seasan wrote: »

I can vaguely remember that one...was that on British TV?

Apaches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA

DVD.

An Riabhach · 03-07-2013 9:46pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

A few years ago, I bought the Charley Says DVD which has 280 public information films. They're all English ones but some are hilarious (and some aren't).]

I got it from Amazon last xmas.I must say a lot of them were kinda repetitive.But the Joe and Petunia ones were hilarious,even though they're sending out a serious message.And there are plenty of creepy ads on it too-the rabies ones,"this is the fire that burnt the house that jack built","where are your children tonight",the ones about what to do in nuclear strikes and fallout,and of course "the spirit of the dark lonely water".....

Why oh why didn't Irish TV make a similar compilation :-(

An Riabhach · 03-07-2013 10:00pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Apaches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA

DVD.

Wow.That IS serious stuff.

nlgbbbblth · 03-07-2013 10:42pm

Seasan wrote: »

Wow.That IS serious stuff.

The end credits where they list the children (name / age / method of death for some) who died in farm accidents during 1976.

The COI Collection Volume 6: Worth The Risk is chock-full of great PIFs too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/COI-Collection-Vol-Worth-Risk/dp/B005HPZWVA/ref=pd_bxgy_d_h__text_y

An Riabhach · 03-07-2013 11:39pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

The end credits where they list the children (name / age / method of death for some) who died in farm accidents during 1976.

It doesn't get more morbid than that.

Twould make you wonder why PSAs like these are rarely on our screens anymore,and the ones we do see nowadays take a more "laid back" approach.Unfortunately,terrible tragedies are still occurring on farms-in the same way as people are still drowning,fires are still occurring,dogs are still left roaming free,too many people are still being infected with HIV/AIDS.....to cut it short,these type of ads need to be brought back with hard hitting messages in order to make people take real notice.

Good to see that there are still a lot of road safety ads at least-they really can't afford to be relaxed about that.

An Riabhach · 04-07-2013 9:51pm

Does anybody remember these ones:

"Firehound says...'Never give fire a chance,grr-ruff'"

"Where dya think yer goin?Have ya no sense?Ye'll get killed if ya carry on cyclin like that!"

"(sound of laughter and glasses clinking)Your party could quickly become.......(sound of a crash,followed by church bells) A funeral.DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE."

"Speeding.Only YOU can stop the serial killer within you."

An Riabhach · 16-08-2013 12:59am

And now for some of those short and not so sweet PSAs which lasted less than 30 seconds each:

"In the Glen Of Imaal,the military range lands are dangerous.Heed the warnings!!"

"Smoking in bed is a dangerous habit.Smoke your last one downstairs."

"It goes without saying.Protect yourself.Use a condom."
(A silent Thom McGinty holding up a sign with those words,staring emotionlessly into the camera.He himself died of AIDS a short time later)

"Bees sting,mosquitoes bite.Antisan makes you feel alright".

darkdubh · 16-08-2013 3:45pm

I have a vague memory of a safety ad that showed various POV shots of children pulling pots and pans of boiling water down on top of themselves from cookers and getting scalded.It would have been late 70's on RTE though my memory of it is so vague that I could well have dreamed it.

fricatus · 17-08-2013 10:05am

darkdubh wrote: »

I have a vague memory of a safety ad that showed various POV shots of children pulling pots and pans of boiling water down on top of themselves from cookers and getting scalded.It would have been late 70's on RTE though my memory of it is so vague that I could well have dreamed it.

No, it rings a bell with me too.

darkdubh · 17-08-2013 10:15am

fricatus wrote: »

No, it rings a bell with me too.

Shot of the childs hand pulling down the pot followed by a scream?

nlgbbbblth · 17-08-2013 2:24pm

Seasan wrote: »

And now for some of those short and not so sweet PSAs which lasted less than 30 seconds each:

"In the Glen Of Imaal,the military range lands are dangerous.Heed the warnings!!"

Made it sound like a terrifying sinister place.

DoozerT6 · 17-08-2013 4:50pm

"Where's Grandad?"

nlgbbbblth · 17-08-2013 5:19pm

DoozerT6 wrote: »

"Where's Grandad?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWHrjCG1LQ

An Riabhach · 17-08-2013 8:14pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Made it sound like a terrifying sinister place.

Yes it did,and I remember that short ad had a freeze frame with those words written in black and white,and underneath it,in big lettering,was "BEWARE!"
Very bleak.

Dude111 · 17-08-2013 8:46pm

darkdubh wrote:

Admitedly the ads that came out in the late 70's are probably likely to remain unseen as very few people in Ireland probably had vcrs then.

Yes I wouldnt mind seeing them all back on to be frank about it! (Better than the trash ads on now)

Andrewf20 · 18-08-2013 9:40am

Those fire ads always kinda creeped me out, similar to this....

nlgbbbblth · 18-08-2013 9:35pm

Seasan wrote: »

Yes it did,and I remember that short ad had a freeze frame with those words written in black and white,and underneath it,in big lettering,was "BEWARE!"
Very bleak.

I always remember it being dark when the ad was broadcast. Never saw it in daylight. One evening (about 1980/1981) it came on and the curtains weren't pulled. As the solemn voice spoke I thought I saw a shadow at our window.

An Riabhach · 18-08-2013 9:49pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

I always remember it being dark when the ad was broadcast. Never saw it in daylight. One evening (about 1980/1981) it came on and the curtains weren't pulled. As the solemn voice spoke I thought I saw a shadow at our window.

That sounds effin scary....

That reminds me of the TV licence ad where me man is watchin telly,and there is a knock on the door,the telly starts goin haywire,he is tryin to hide from view,and all of a sudden the writing on the TV screen is repeatedly saying "GO TO THE FRONT DOOR!!!"
(this ad is on the compilation posted by Darkdubh on this thread,tis just before the "John,did you put the cat out" ad)

nlgbbbblth · 18-08-2013 10:02pm

Seasan wrote: »

That sounds effin scary....

That reminds me of the TV licence ad where me man is watchin telly,and there is a knock on the door,the telly starts goin haywire,he is tryin to hide from view,and all of a sudden the writing on the TV screen is repeatedly saying "GO TO THE FRONT DOOR!!!"
(this ad is on the compilation posted by Darkdubh on this thread,tis just before the "John,did you put the cat out" ad)

just watched that ad again - thanks. The man in it was in Fair City [played Seamus Mannion].

There's also a short advert for the RTE Concert Orchestra's Greatest Themes LP which dates the sequence as winter 1987.

Ralf and Florian · 19-08-2013 11:31pm

Remember this ad with the dog killing sheep?

http://youtu.be/0BTCY5xhrIY

An Riabhach · 20-08-2013 8:56pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Remember this ad with the dog killing sheep?

http://youtu.be/0BTCY5xhrIY

Yep-all too well!!

gammygils · 25-08-2013 2:17am

Remember EDITH? Evacuation Drill In The Home

This sensible gent having a referee's whistle hanging on a piece of string in a corner of the kitchen.
And one of the kids ask him 'Who's that for?'' And he tells them it's for EDITH

''Who?'' EDITH. Evacuation Drill In The Home. In the event of a fire the oul lad comes down stairs & blows the whistle & everyone has to get the fuk out!

darkdubh · 25-08-2013 12:22pm

I know I've already posted this in another thread but seeing as this is about old safety adverts this is probably the best place for it."John did Ye put the cat out?" At :40

http://youtu.be/bWVamrSbgus

Dude111 · 25-08-2013 9:47pm

gammygils wrote:

Remember EDITH? Evacuation Drill In The Home

Yes speaking of her I just got a VHS tape with 4 episodes on it!!

I LOVE that show!!!! (Its not P.C. and is quite good)

Eeden · 28-08-2013 5:19pm

Wasn't there one about covering up your butter to keep flies off it? Same woman as in the nightie/fire ad? I seem to remember her saying something like "salmonella is something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy!" I think it was designed to make you think about exactly where those flies might have been with their little fly-feet before landing on your butter....

An Riabhach · 03-09-2013 8:13pm

What do ye think of the new Safe Cross Code ad? I've just seen it now for the first time-how long has it been out?
Sorry for going off topic.

Capt'n Midnight · 04-09-2013 12:48am

A parody of all those safety videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo

OK it starts off a little slow, but it just keeps getting better.

Edit - dubbed version for those that don't like subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpwLCvPAME

Edit
Official site
http://www.staplerfahrerklaus.de/

darkdubh · 04-09-2013 8:12am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

A parody of all those safety videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo

OK it starts off a little slow, but it just keeps getting better.

Edit - dubbed version for those that don't like subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpwLCvPAME

Edit
Official site
http://www.staplerfahrerklaus.de/

Funnily enough that reminds me of a safety ad that used to be on RTE in the late 70's early 80's.It had all forklift drivers crashing into walls driving off piers etc.I've mentioned it a couple of times on All things retro but no one else seems to remember it.

chopper6 · 06-09-2013 11:46am

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

Blue850 · 14-09-2013 9:11pm

Fiat must have provided cars for making Irish road safety ads, a few I remember are

A yellow Mirafiori battering plastic cones to show the differences in braking distances on wet and dry roads

A lad waking up hungover, looking at the keys of his Mirafiori on the bedside locker and not remembering how he got home

A Fiat 128 being driven an empty motorway with the voiceover saying If you had the only car in the world you could drive as you please but you don't, I think this ad also featured a Mercedes trying to turn at junction when he should have gone straight and the voiceover saying both lanes were banjaxed:D

An Riabhach · 15-10-2013 9:33pm

By any chance does anybody remember an ad which showed a toddler toddling around the floor while its mother was doing the ironing,the toddler grabs onto the lead,then you don't see what happens but you can hear the iron falling and the child screaming,and then at the end of the ad you see a still freeze frame of a toy plastic baby doll with a hot iron melting its head,and a serious female voice saying..."Keep your children safely away from flexes."
??
I don't actually remember that ad being shown too often back then.

darkdubh · 15-10-2013 11:42pm

Seasan wrote: »

By any chance does anybody remember an ad which showed a toddler toddling around the floor while its mother was doing the ironing,the toddler grabs onto the lead,then you don't see what happens but you can hear the iron falling and the child screaming,and then at the end of the ad you see a still freeze frame of a toy plastic baby doll with a hot iron melting its head,and a serious female voice saying..."Keep your children safely away from flexes."
??
I don't actually remember that ad being shown too often back then.

It reminds me of an a saftey ad on RTE which I can barely remember and which showed a POV shot of a child reaching up to a saucepan of boiling water and pulling it down on top of themselves followed by screams.

darkdubh · 26-10-2013 10:39am

Remember the TV sponger license ads?Heres one of the better known ones on here towards the end.

An Riabhach · 26-10-2013 4:17pm

darkdubh wrote: »

Remember the TV sponger license ads?Heres one of the better known ones on here towards the end.

Ah sur jaysus youre a bloody legend,so you are!! I thought Id never see those sponger ads again....

nlgbbbblth · 29-10-2013 10:50am

The sponger was like a nipper.

An Riabhach · 29-10-2013 2:34pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

The sponger was like a nipper.

....only uglier and scarier

Ralf and Florian · 29-10-2013 6:09pm

I remember another one with the sponger where hes going on about how hes able to get away with not paying his license or whatever and a hand reaches out from the side of the screen and grabs him.

An Riabhach · 29-10-2013 6:19pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

I remember another one with the sponger where hes going on about how hes able to get away with not paying his license or whatever and a hand reaches out from the side of the screen and grabs him.

The only other one I remember is,I think,the first one they brought out-where the sponge is just sitting on the couch in a darkened room watchin the telly and saying nothing,then out of nothing a hand comes from behind the couch and starts choking him,and almost instantly the "scary" closing line is said..."TV SPONGERS BEWARE,THE SQUEEZE IS ON!!"
Scared the livin sheit out of me,that did!

Ralf and Florian · 29-10-2013 10:41pm

darkdubh wrote: »

Remember the TV sponger license ads?Heres one of the better known ones on here towards the end.

I wonder was the sponger voiced by the same person who did Mr Crow in Wanderly Wagon?I can detect a slight vocal resemblance.

An Riabhach · 29-10-2013 11:22pm

Another couple of flashbacks-

Remember an ad for either speeding or drink driving,where they show a person washing blood off his/her hands underneath a running tap,but when they take their hands away from the tap and show their palms,they are still steeped in blood-and the V.O. says "If you kill someone,you may try,but you will never wash away the stain."

And one from UTV:
(animated)

"Doctor,doctor,I'm feeling down,can I have a prescription?"
"Doctor,doctor,my finger is sore,can I have a prescription?
'Doctor,doctor,my head hurts,can I have a prescription?"
"YOU DON'T NEED A PILL FOR EVERY ILL-LET THE DOCTOR DECIDE."

nlgbbbblth · 29-10-2013 11:24pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

I wonder was the sponger voiced by the same person who did Mr Crow in Wanderly Wagon?I can detect a slight vocal resemblance.

Pretty sure that Mr Crow was voiced by Godmother [Nora O'Mahony]

chopper6 · 30-10-2013 11:19pm

Anybody remember yer one with the giant flares getting a banger in the face?

Then there was Timmmmeee getting run over (whilst wearing flares) by a slow-moving milk float?

fricatus · 31-10-2013 9:03am

Seasan wrote: »

Remember an ad for either speeding or drink driving,where they show a person washing blood off his/her hands underneath a running tap,but when they take their hands away from the tap and show their palms,they are still steeped in blood-and the V.O. says "If you kill someone,you may try,but you will never wash away the stain."

I remember that! Based on Lady Macbeth: "out, out, damned spot!"

nlgbbbblth · 31-10-2013 11:31am

chopper6 wrote: »

Anybody remember yer one with the giant flares getting a banger in the face?

Then there was Timmmmeee getting run over (whilst wearing flares) by a slow-moving milk float?

Firework Girl. Made by Central Office of Information in 1975.

Watch it here.

An Riabhach · 01-11-2013 10:37pm

Another rather morbid ad-possibly from early 90s and again about road deaths...
First they show one body on the road covered with a red robe,then the camera moves to another part of the road and shows another body again covered with a red robe,and then they show the whole of the long road,and there are bodies lying all over and all along the length of the road and into the distance-all covered with red robes.
And at the end of the ad it says:
"Let's Stop The Bloody Slaughter".

An Riabhach · 06-12-2013 9:28pm

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Get out

Stay out

And get the fire brigade out.

Found it....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnNVeE-thVo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

An Riabhach · 08-12-2013 3:18am

This is a good one from British TV-and tis also on the Charley Says DVD.
Quite scary,too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca1WlADr2q8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Safety ads from the 70's and 80's,which ones would you like to see again?

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