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Artificially constructed but the ads are more or less contemporaneous (after I cut out the one from 1979).

(Pretend I struck this bit through) Yes, I've noticed that horrible low-frequency hum, I don't know what it's about but I'll see if I can reupload a version without it. (Cease pretence) It's done, my son.

Extra special patron tweet coming later today, probably.

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The Hard Sell, Episode #128: More Cinema Ads

Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve. This episode: back to the cinema! No, not really, stay indoors and wear a mask and so on.

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Chris Oakley

Love this old stuff. I particularly liked the WH Smith advert. It proves we once lived through a time when dance routines like that could have been done without irony or judgement.