Thursday, 22 October 2009
Pelican Crossing with Dad's Army c1974 - BFI YouTube archive
Crossing the road can be a complex business (particularly if you've seen the Jon Pertwee 'Splink' film), so the COI (Central Office of Information) employed the cast of Dad's Army in a campaign promoting pelican crossing etiquette. This is one of the funnier COI films, which often used scare tactics to alarm their audiences into compliance.
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