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Tastes Great!
A smorgasbord of culinary delights and thirst-quenching refreshment awaits in this collection of food and drink adverts.
You are what you eat? Advertisers have long presented our food choices as much more than just a cure for hunger, but as a key lifestyle decision. The right purchase can help make you who you want to be; keep you and your kids happy, fit and healthy; save you time and keep you on the go; or impress your dinner party guests of your 'home cooking' skills - all as part of a balanced diet, naturally. And for liquid refreshment, try our choice of soft, hard, hot and cold drinks commercials, offering everything from social pick-me-up to elixir of family contentment. Cheers!
Love on the RangeLove on the Range
Advert19396 mins
An animated Western mock-opera about Horlicks? Bring it on!
Cadbury's Chocolate The Factory in a GardenCadbury's Chocolate The Factory in a Garden
Advert19313 minsSilent
A mouth-watering glimpse of the art and craft that went into making and decorating Cadbury’s chocolates in the 1930s.
Lyons Ice Cream - KinemaLyons Ice Cream - Kinema
Advert19342 minsSilent
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Kinema Kups, thanks to this delightful cartoon ad
Newcastle Brown Ale MonumentNewcastle Brown Ale Monument
Advert19721 mins Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Workmen clean an oversized bottle perched on a factory chimney. At lunch, two beers are delivered to them by helicopter.
Shippam's Chicken SupremeShippam's Chicken Supreme
Advert19601 mins
Pre-decimalisation nostalgia abounds in this advert for Shippam's New Chicken Supreme - and it's delicious on toast too!
Heinz Tomato Ketchup : Fish PattiesHeinz Tomato Ketchup : Fish Patties
Advert19601 mins
This 1960 Heinz ad boasts a recipe tip for some tasty flaked fish vol-au-vents.
Heinz Baked Beans : Common MarketHeinz Baked Beans : Common Market
Advert19721 mins
In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?
Elsie and the Brown BunnyElsie and the Brown Bunny
Advert19218 mins Location: Bournville
This early Cadbury advert plays like a surreal outtake from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.
Good Strong CoffeeGood Strong Coffee
Advert19682 minsSilent
Far-out guys and groovy gals drop doses of good strong coffee in this psychedelic 1968 ad for the hot black stuff.
Heinz - Egg BoxHeinz - Egg Box
Advert19831 mins
Look out eggs, there’s a new meal in town. Behold the future of cooking - boil-in-the-bag!
After Eights: TerraceAfter Eights: Terrace
19651 mins Location: York
A world away from zany humour, Richard Lester shows he can also capture the easy opulence of the upper class nibbling After Eight mints.
Lyons Ice CreamLyons Ice Cream
Advert19381 minsSilent
From out of the vaults comes this pre-WWII cinema advert for ice-cream.
Black Magic: TaxiBlack Magic: Taxi
19641 mins Location: York
Chocolates and wealth, chocolates and taste, chocolates and elegance, chocolates and romance: the lifestyle of chocolates.
RHM Nimble: Mini CarRHM Nimble: Mini Car
19641 mins
An advert for Nimble bread that stresses its suitability as part of a calorie-controlled diet.
Findus: FishsticksFindus: Fishsticks
Advert19630 mins
Three-shot advert showing the package, several sizzling fish fingers, and a child gratefully eating them.
Carling Black Label Bike GirlCarling Black Label Bike Girl
Advert19711 mins
Men and women enjoy a beer together in this atypical 1970s ad.
Egg Marketing Board: Have a Smashing Time (Beryl Reid)Egg Marketing Board: Have a Smashing Time (Beryl Reid)
Advert19660 mins
Are these giant eggs, or is it a tiny Beryl Reid?
RHM: Nimble: Lunch DateRHM: Nimble: Lunch Date
Advert19610 mins
An advert for the Nimble brand of slimming-friendly bread that reinforces the concept of the word ‘nimble’.
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