Safe and Sound
Dennis Price gives his best Noël Coward impersonation in an attempt to sell TV advertising to brands.
Ad agency Foote, Cone and Belding invented this half-hour of television to persuade clients to buy advertising slots on the new ITV network. They even made fake adverts, one featuring Dennis Price impersonating Noël Coward. There are also glimpses of the sort of drama anticipated for ITV, with mocked-up mini-episodes of mystery series 'Strange Experiences', starring a young Peter Sallis.
Commercial Television
The launch of ITV on 22 September 1955 brought advertising to the small screen. Commercial television spread rapidly across the country, inviting the salesperson into every living room.
This collection shows how some advertisers struggled to find the right voice and formats for the new medium, while others hit the ground running. Look out for rare examples of the shortlived 'admags' - banned in 1962 for blurring the distinction between programmes and adverts.
24 videos in this collection
T.V. Talk - Lintas
Kelloggs Corn Flakes: Teenager
Shippam's Pilchard fishermen at sea
Shippam's Three Beans
Bairns-Wear: Wools and Woollies
At Home with Joy Shelton An Advertising Feature
Your Shopping Service (Fashion and Beauty)
Heinz Soups Tomato (No 1)
Chicken and Meat paste - Children's Tea Party
Branston Pickle: Advertising Agency
Guinness - Mr Pastry
Heinz Baked Beans More Beans
Guinness: Samba Time
Butlin's Holiday Hotels 60 Seconds
Bairns-Wear: Miss Fay Linton
Courtaulds Reel
Midland Counties Ice Cream Television Advertisements - Compilation
Bairns-Wear: Fully Fashioned Knitwear
Liberty Foundations
Buzby - Gossip
Buzby - Plumber
Buzby - Snowman
