Does Your Wife Know?

Does Your Wife Know?


A vicar gets railroaded on the cheap in this silent cinema ad for Southern Railways.

Does 'er indoors know if you err outdoors? The indiscretion in this silent cinema ad, involving a vicar and a lanky brunette, is not a romantic one (sorry Fleabag). The guilty omission is in not informing his wife of the cheap-day return tickets to London that are on offer. The film also points out that any money saved would be well spent on tickets to the cinema!


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Pioneers of Screen Advertising

Almost from the dawn of film, advertising was a part of the filmgoing experience. This collection showcases some of screen advertising's earliest steps, as companies learnt to mimic the evolving forms of film comedy, drama, documentary and animation with the careful addition of their product as co-star.
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16 videos in this collection

One of the earliest surviving British adverts
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The Spirit of His Forefathers

A gentleman cyclist learns the error of his ways in one of the earliest surviving British film advertisements.
2

Rudge-Whitworth - Britain's Best Bicycle

3

Girls Packing Soap

4

Changing Hues

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Trojan Car Advert

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Mr.........Goes Motoring

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Cinema Commercial - Candy Cushions

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The Tale of the Amp-lion

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The Boy Who Wanted to Make Pictures

10

Looking Ahead

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Does Your Wife Know?

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Ransomes Trolley Buses

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Barbara's Secret

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Transporting Loads - With or without Roads

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Sound Advice

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The Economist

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