In a playground in a park, a young boy and his cat, Charley, wave at mum, who's sitting on a nearby bench, and head for the swings…

Boy:

[voiceover]
Charley and I were in the park. Then this man came up and said would I like to see some puppies.

The boy imagines a playful puppy.

And I was going to go, but Charley stopped me.

Charley:

Meow... Meow... Meow... etc.

Charley gesticulates and meows.

Boy:

[to man]
Charley's reminded me my mum says I shouldn't go off with people I don't know.

[voiceover]
Then the man went away. We went and told mummy and she said we'd been very good. I got an apple and Charley got something he likes.

Charley:

Meow... Meow... Meow... etc.

Charley meows whilst eating his fish.

Boy:

[to us]
He says, never go anywhere with men or ladies you don't know.

You can see this Public Information Film on
the "Charley Says..." video and DVD.

 To celebrate 60 years of the Central Office of Information in 2006 The National Archives made the "Charley Says..." films available to watch on-line, along with dozens of others.

 In February 2006, the BBC News website's Magazine section ran a poll to find the nation's favourite public information films. The "Charley Says..." series was the clear winner, capturing nearly 40% of the vote. Visit the "Stop Look Listen" results page at the BBC News Magazine website for the full results and more about the making of the films.

Links to other pages in the PIFs section...

• PIFs: Contents in Full
• Introduction / Videos
• Download and Play Area 1
• Download and Play Area 2
• Your Memories

• Charley Says... Strangers
• Jo & Petunia: Coastguard
• Jo & Petunia: Acceptance of The Country Code
• Pelican Pedestrians

• Teenagers Learn To Swim
• Teach Them To Swim with Rolf Harris
• Road Testing the Pedestrian
• Grown-Ups and Road Sense
• Lonely Water

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