This fascinating documentary charts the history of advertising from 1897 up to 1960 – as the era of the Mad Men took hold.

This fascinating documentary charts the history of advertising from 1897 up to 1960 – as the era of the Mad Men took hold. Specifically focusing on the depiction of work and its gradual disappearance from advertising imagery, Judith Williamson's astute film borrows visual tricks from contemporaneous political films like Tout va Bien and Riddles of the Sphinx to illustrate her thesis.

Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from
advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising films
from 1897 to 1960. Places advertising in the context of historical events and
everyday life, archive material being juxtaposed with contemporary images.