Hold Still! (1969, Public Information Film)

This rarity was only ever screened in the West Country and parts of Kent, where there was a heavy apple crop. Children had taken to stealing windfalls, often at the risk of being stung by wasps, and the situation was sometimes made worse by a child trying to run from a wasp rather than calmly […]

Road Puss (1983, Public Information Film)

1983 was almost the year of the hover-car. Developed in secret by the British entrepreneur Clive Sinclair, the low flying aerial vehicle named ‘Road Puss’ was capable of travelling at 35 mph. Unfortunately Sinclair underestimated the effect of crosswinds and it failed final tests on the Forth Road bridge. The prototype was cast into oblivion […]