Trojan Car Advert
- York
- 1926
Butlins beats those winter blues.
Cheer up and chill out: you can beat those winter blues with off-peak hols at Butlins. The Minehead, Clacton and Bognor Regis camps, all open off-season, get enthusiastic promotion in this snappy cinema ad.
Whether you're going by road, rail, air or sea, this collection of screen ads doesn't just get you from A to B, it offers a road map to an A-Z of desirable destinations.
Throughout the 20th century, screen advertising helped transform the car from luxury conveyance for the wealthy to essential commodity, 'hand-built by robots'. It saw out the last days of steam, and made 'the age of the train'. And it presented travel - at home or abroad - as a route to a better life.