British Transport Police Educational Videos

snapping_crocodile

I don't know if anyone will know what the hell i'm talking about, but when i was in primary school the british transport police came in and gave us a talk about railway safety. They showed us a video about a group of kids deciding to take a short cut across the railway line, and one of the children (called Billy i think) gets his football boot stuck on the line. His friends are urging him to hurry and as he tries to pull it free he falls back on the line and electrocutes himself. The last part of the video shows him in a wheelchair! My adult brain tells me he was more likely to die....but there we go, it still shocked the hell out of me. Just wondering if anyone, born in the early 80's has any idea what i am talking about, cos i've searched google and cant find anything, and i'm definitely not making it up!?! Also wondering if they still go into schools nowadays and do things like that?

dacouch

Can't find the video you're looking for but have found some retro British Rail Adverts...

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11CA3464B41EDAAB&search_query=british+rail

Apparantly Jimmy Saville is righting his autobiography which is titled "Apocolypse now then now then"

Here is a sort of railway educational video (Contains swearing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQslnmcHOeM

DaveMacD

The BTP do go into schools (at least they do in Scotland) as part of the community policing. Don't know that they show many videos, although it's a popular method, so I'd imagine they do. Still feel that those who trespass and get hurt deserve no sympathy at all. The fact that there are folks who know what they're doing get hit by trains, I'd think that even the thickest of the thick could work out that numpties should stay away...

RadoJo

I remember it!! No idea how you would get a copy, but if you were worried that you were going mad, then I can definitely confirm that you weren't halucinating. I even remember thinking 'Why doesn't he just leave his football boot?' when all his friends were calling to him.

dacouch

The best government infomation adverts ever have to be from the great philospher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu7yYHxZr0

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=charlie+says+advert&search_type=&aq=1&oq=charlie+says

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4si4UOAXaaE

dacouch

I've found the video you are on about, that Robbie can be a naughty boy, the music and Peter Purves makes it even more sinister.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx67rr8B7dk&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBDqZp5hDQA&feature=related

His football kit was the same as my schools!