Granny Gets the Point
A short information film produced to get Britain ready for decimalisation.
From the archive
A British short film about the change to decimal currency. This was shown on various dates on various TV stations* during late-1970/early-1971, hence I upload it to the classic TV section, although it was also distributed as a non-theatrical 16mm film. I found an article which suggested it was intended for older viewers. Although produced in 1970 it is set in 1971. Produced for the Central Office of Information. *Per a search of newspapers.com the earliest broadcast I could find was on Thames Television on Wednesday 16 September 1970, while the last I could find was on Saturday 6 February 1971 on Yorkshire Television. The list of stations it was shown on is itself nostalgic: Tyne Tees, Anglia Television, ATV, Grampian Television, etc. The short was shown various times on each of these stations. I do not know the copyright status of this. As someone born in 1990 I found this short interesting and charming, but I don't know if people who grew up in the 1970s would feel the same way.
Why this is free to watch
Granny Gets the Point (1971) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. No signup, no payment and no advertising interrupts playback. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Internet Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Jeff Inman
- Starring
- Doris Hare, Glyn Houston, Patricia Driscoll, Mary Maude, Christopher Ellis, Michael Ingrams, Anna Dawson
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