Fire Prevention: Searching (1974)

’Searching’ hits viewers hard where it hurts: their primeval parental fear of their children predeceasing them. Not for the first time, director John Krish here turns out a masterful bite-sized slice of ’public service cinema’. It won a Venice Golden Lion and a Hollywood ’Spike’ trophy - and a generation later, it still hits hard and still hurts. (Patrick Russell) ’Searching’ is one of 27 warning and safety films released on the BFI DVD ’The COI Collection Volume 4: Stop! Look! Listen!’: You can read more about director John Krish at: All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit