- Title: U87
- Date:1950s
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Summary:
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BARCLAYS BANK : COLOR ANIMATION
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vs man has trouble starting up a vintage car police man drives up to him on motorbike and tries to help him to avoid causing an obstruction. The police man tinkers with the car but the driver tells him the engine is missing the police man confirms this
vs the man gets on the back of the police mans motorbike and they drive off to a red telephone box so that the man can stop the cheque
ms man is just about to make a phone call when he realises that he does not have a bank end title Barclays Bank
ADVERTISEMENT SHOWING ENERGETIC TEENAGERS CYCLING AND DANCING
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Title 'Enjoy life with milk '
ws of weeping willow tree tilt down to group of teenagers cycling along the road with rucksacks on their backs tilt up from
cu of boy sleeping to
ws of the teenage cyclists speeding around a corner ms of cyclists
ms beach ball thrown into water
ws group of teenage boys and girls play donkey with the beach ball and do somersaults ms teenage girl in swimming costume drinks from milk bottle with straw
ms girl passes bottle of milk to boy and they both drink
vs of the teenagers playing with the beach ball la tilt up to
ws of the group cycling along the road
vs they bicycle through the gates of a Youth Hostel tilt up from
cu of two pairs of feet dancing to
ws of teenagers dancing ( doing the twist ) spinning around
zi to a cu of a girl walking up to the bar and drinking a glass of milk end title 'Drink a glass of milk every day'
FISONS FERTILIZER: BW ANIMATED AND LIVE ACTION
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vs abstract line turns into road which a tractor drives along
zi to bad of fertilizer a scientist looking through a microscope man wheels trolley full of bags of fertilizer to a greenhouse where gardeners use it to pot plants
vs man delivers bag of fertilizer to a farm house and checks how it helps the plants grow
cu man brands bag with Fisons 40 Range
vs man puts fertilizer into container on tractor and farmer drives off with the tractor planting seeds
vs man at blackboard writes chemical equations with chalk
ms scientist in laboratory looks at test-tube and throws test tube away
ms man waters plants
ws of farmer spraying plants with chemicals
ms man brands container with Fisons label
ws man pours fertilizer into tractor container
ws farmer plants seeds in field and the plants grow
cu of a combine harvester driving towards camera Title ' Fisons for good farming ' superimposed over hay field
HEINZ BAKED BEANS AD
1950s Fast moving stills of cans of beans; Jamaican couple dancing to catchy music and feeding each other baked beans
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vs of baked beans before they have been processed in the air pouring into a funnel and on a conveyor belt
ms machine pokes out the bad beans
ws beans dance about on jets of water being washed ws beans on conveyor belt going under magnifying glass ws lots of beans on a conveyor belt
vs of tomatoes being squashed ( abstract ) vs of beans on conveyor belt going to a process where they become red intercut with tins dancing vs of beans in tin and cus of baked beans vs of baked beans being labelled
with a Heinz label vs abstract images of a black South African man dancing and being fed beans then he notices the bum / butt of a black South African woman and introduces himself to her and tries to kiss her vs he gives the woman some baked beans and feeds them to her vs of the South African woman and man dancing paralleled by two tins of baked beans title shot 'Heinz Baked Beans'
FORMICA
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ws house with sign saying 'formica for me' animated man goes up to house and rings the bell them peels back the house to show a real life fitted kitchen with formica panels he turns another page to show a man and woman / husband and wife in an old fashioned kitchen they see the animated man who tells them to get a formica kitchen
vs show them glueing formica to the table top ws shows them in a modern formica kitchen
end title 'The End ' superimposed over a house
GEC: COLOR ANIMATED ADVERTISEMENT FOR FRIDGES
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ws housewife takes a chicken leg out of the fridge ws impatient husband sits at table wife gives him the chicken
vs husband / man eats the chicken but it has gone off he complains to his wife / woman and she points to the fridge
cu the man has an idea GCE
vs of GEC fridges filling up with food and drink husband and wife are very happy end title 'GEC'
SAFETY film: COLOR ANIMATION USED TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING HARD HATS
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ws man walks past tree and apple falls to the ground
ws man walks past factory building and monument while things fall off tilt up on monument where man fixes the top with a spanner the spanner falls off down on to a man's head the man shakes the building and the workman at the top falls off and other things fall on top of him but they bounce off his head as he is wearing a hard hat man takes off his hat and a brick falls on him so he sprouts angels wings and flies up in the sky ws of angel sitting on a cloud with harp
GUINNESS: COLOUR ANIMATION OF A DESERT ISLAND
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ws man and woman sit under a palm tree on a desert island a bottle of Guinness comes floating along and the man takes it out of the water drinks it and falls into a contented sleep Suddenly he wakes up and climbs up the tree to get the coconut for the woman then he breaks the palm tree in half and makes a hut out of it the couple go into the hut
vs shows day and night passing and a boat comes along
cu the woman and man are very happy ws naval officer sails up to the island in a boat and gives the man a crate of Guinness
cu of the Guinness bottle
vs the woman and man are delighted and go into the hut with a bottle of Guinness while the ship sails away end title 'Guinness for strength'
GUINNESS @ ALBERT HALL
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Colour animation of choir (with conductor) singing the praises of Guinness at the Royal Albert Hall, the conductor rearranges the choir of singing women, before stacking them into a triangle and lifting them all up. Guinness gives you strength
GUINNESS: LIVE ACTION ADVERTISEMENT SHOWING THE GUINNESS CLOCK
Colour live action. Festival of Britain. Guinness "Crazy Clock" in Battersea Park. Crowds looking at the clock which displays one surprise after another.
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'The Crazy Clock' ms small children look and point at something
cu of a clock ws pan of a crowd of people who are gathered in front of a clock tower ( Guinness Clock )
vs of the crowd looking excited cu of the doors of the tower open and there are two toucans pecking at a tree
ws of the clock tower cu of a clockwork sun spinning around ws clock keeper with umbrella on his head pops up ms mad hatter sticks his head out window
ws of a shoal of clockwork fish ms of the Guinness stork and clockwork acrobats vs of the crowd leaving the park
ms of an elderly couple having a glass of Guinness
GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
Colour animation for Barclays bank, 1950s/60s
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ws office worker walks up to secretary who is sitting at a typewriter and is fed up
cu of the secretary / woman bursts into tears
vs woman gets married to man in naval uniform and is surrounded by lots of bridesmaids
zo to show a guard of honour
ms of the two secretaries talking together
ws woman sits on inflatable toy horse in the sea man with snorkle pops out of the sea
ws woman walks up the steps of a grand hotel
ws woman in bikini walks back to guest house/pension
ws older man gives a woman an engagement ring
mcu of woman with beehive hairdo is sobbing
ws man and woman sit at table
cu of woman holding up her Barclays Bank deposit
book pack shot of a Barclays Bank with the title ' a girl's best friend is her ...'
GILLETTE: COLOUR LIVE ACTION
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ws of woman in panic running towards camera
ws of man in studio that looks like a city he is a Sam Spade character
vs woman bursts into his office and tells him that her man is too rough and shows him her face
vs to illustrate a car speeding through a neon lit city
vs detective and woman call at the apartment where her boyfriend is
vs the detective tells him that he needs a close shave
cu of hand holding razor
cu of mans face after a close shave
vs detective gives woman a packet of razors
ws detective sits with his feet up on the desk
GALA WASHING MACHINE AND REFRIGERATOR
Colour animation 1950s also on U60
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ws mother father and two children stand beside a washing machine looking
glum they pull the clothes out of the washing machine which are tangled and stained ms of mother and father looking at each other
zi Gala titlecard ms of Gala washing machine cu of clothes being washed in machine ha shot of wash tub / washing machine with mangle
in operation cu cross section of machine with clothes being washed zi to titlecard Gala intercut with ws of the various models of washing
machines cu cross section of clothes being washed ws happy family slide up to Gala washing machine intercut with Gala titlecard and
cus of clothes being washed
ws family looking at their old fridge ms mother and father look sad zi titlecard saying Gala
zo to ms of Gala fridge to show lots of food surrounding it fridge door opens and food fills up the fridge
vs of features of the fridge is ice box and vegetable rack Titlecard Gala intercut with ws of the various models of fridges available
vs of a very happy family with their new Gala fridge and washing machine intercut with
ws of the different models of washing machines and fridges and the titlecard Gala - TYPE:
- DATE:1950s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Greenpark
- Decade:
- Colour:Colour
- Keywords: UK, COMMERCIALS, ADVERTISEMENT, TEENS, DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, SAFETY AT WORK, BARCLAYS BANK, GALA, GUINNESS, FORMICA, HEINZ, GEC, FISONS
- Master Title:U87
- Segment:Greenpark
- Sound:Sound
