Coronavirus - 1970s Public Information Film

A British Public Information Film on the threat of Coronavirus, released in the 1970s.

[salvadormarley]

This is exactly what a 70s covid public information film would have looked like. Excellent.

[ashsqx]

The narrative voice is so authentic lol

[johnbanjo]

For those who are interested, most of the film is taken from "Never go with strangers. 1971" We watched it at primary school and it's never left me.

[RayfieldA]

"If you cough on a Car, that car becomes a carrier. Then it becomes a CAR-Owner Virus!" What a Hoot! 😂

[mariannetaylor]

My head hurts at the fact there's some folk don't know this is a parody

[genxer]

I've been face down now for over 72 hours, and I'm wearing long trousers. When is it safe to get up?

[vidiholic]

As instructed I dug a hole in the floor. Neighbours were not to happy as I live on the 4th Floor.

[suspendedTeacher]

Brilliant! The narrator's accent, the animation and the colour balance had me right up to "face down on the ground". I nearly died laughing.

[paulcardsfan]

This is the funniest thing on YouTube I am surprised they never took it down because laughing is healthy they don't want people laughing or singing.

[MrBen]

Bloody brilliant just brilliant, as a child of the 70's you had me laughing till it hurt remembering the old guverment safety adverts of the time. Don't run, Don't talk to strangers, Always look left and right before you walk, Clunk click b4 every trip. I apploud the person who made this. 10 out of 10.

[christopherherring]

How has this not gone viral!?! I can't stop laughing, just showed it to my students. It just gets better and better!

[michaelward]

Pure comic gold. It seems like there are some viewers who don't get it. I'm old enough to remember those public service films from the '60s and '70s and I think the voice editing was great! If you have more, please post them. Thanks.

[MrsHouseTakeNewVegas]

I cant belive some commenters here think this is a genuine ad from the 70s about coronavirus, the mind boggles

[jeffaller]

Car owners virus. Ok, this explains why I see people driving alone with their masks on. Thanks .

[ElBrandoTV]

I'm just waiting until I see someone post this on Facebook saying "They knew about it in the 70s wake up sheeple"

[FredtheDorfDorfman]

WTF am I watching? I laughed so hard I started coughing and then farted, but don't worry, I had a mask on across my ass.

[Jayke]

Kudos to the OP who edited this film together, and had a very good BBC voice!

[wwjd]

This is funny. Whom ever spliced these scenes together is a genius an a funny gus. It's always good to use a bit of humor when lie gets so stressed.

[BalearicBeatnik]

As a kid in the 80’s I remember actually being terrified by info things like this. This is actually pure genius.

[clivegchesterman]

Charlie says...if Joe and Petunia had dialled 999 and asked for the Coastguard, we wouldn't be in this mess!!!