Rare and unusual British TV commercials from the 1960s

[@neilpower60]

All of these ads have such an optimistic and upbeat tone, if only they knew what was coming

[@luciangrayson2517]

pro tip : you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using them for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.

[@ysthafellgynghori8423]

Yes, Boris Johnson's Nightmare Decade was thankfully some way off.

[@stephensmith799]

You said it for me.

[@finthegeek]

Yeah because having lived through the war, lost parents and family to it and suffered from absolute poverty they had it easy…you guys need perspective

[@CuppaTeaandaSliceoCake]

Absolutely brilliant - brings lots of memories flooding back ...

[@SimonNoina]

Richard Briers on Post Office Savings at 1:46

[@garethbramley1]

Yes, def' sounds like Briers doing the Post Office voice-over - he did quite a few commercials. Hugh Lloyd in the Wisdom toothbrush ad. Ovaltine music composed by Cliff Adams

[@Ross.Cavendish]

From 6:40 - Ann Beach is washing the saucepan. She was probably best known for The Rag Trade and Fresh Fields.

[@kathythompson2434]

Hugh Lloyd prior to all the lard he piled on.

[@johnworfolk3400]

The voice in the Post office ad. sounds like a youthful Richard Briers. Anyone elst think so?

[@FunkySpunkyJunky]

John Worfolk ... It does sound like him.

[@paulmason6474]

Remember in the 70’s when all the car radios used to be stolen?

[@jrgboy]

When I learnt to drive around 1966, it was 10/6d during the week and 12 shillings for an hour at the weekend, I think the test was 7/6d, the licence was a little red canvas type book.

[@agfagaevart8655]

hand signals or indicators?

[@agfagaevart8655]

1968?

[@adrianpolley9419]

My HGV licence in 1973, with a weeks course beforehand, was around £90, would be thousands now !

[@ThatsViews]

I remember some of those adverts!

[@genghissu1185]

me too!

[@OofusTwillip]

03:20 - Imperial Leather - The brunette appears to be Nicole Shelby.

[@philjamieson5572]

Thanks for putting this on here. I remember the Imperial Leather ad. from this collection.

[@jackmartin7568]

I well remember these TV adverts often seen during 1968. The one I especially liked is the one for "Cusson's Imperial Leather soap". Not for the product or the two lovely girls but the excellent Hammond organ backing music.I still would like to know who the organist is. Does anyone know?

[@BenPanced]

The Walker's ad makes me think there is/was a common theme to sell potato chips/crisps. In the US, we have Lay's and their classic slogan "Bet you can't eat just one!"

[@11carbuff19572011]

BSM used the Dinky model of the Mark II Ford Cortina in their advert. Catalogue #159 in the series.

[@paulbennell3313]

I thought it was probably Dinky because of the wheels. I've got a Matchbox '68 Cortina mk2 but the Dinky one is obviously larger and better detailed.

[@stephenlever419]

Remember 1001 carpets tune

[@bodegibbs779]

Good video but the counter at the bottom is annoying.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I just love the Post Office 🏤 savings account ad. A great way to encourage everyone to save. Regardless of how little you may think you can save. Even a little amount of £5-7 a pay packet makes a difference. 💷💷💷

[@davids8449]

Who remembers going in to a shoe shop x-raying your feet in the shoes and seeing your bones the machine would be on for as long as you required............now being older my Toe nails grow fast indeed 😁

[@TheOriginalSOOTY]

Great video, remember collecting the little gollywog stickers inside the jam labels and getting the badges. Seemed so innocent, in fact it could have been a bear or any other figure, i dont think we thought much of what people see as racist today.

[@hebneh]

"Imperial Leather" is an odd name for girlie pink soap.

[@keithwaites9991]

Spiromatic. .Jackson Pollock missed out there

[@OlagGan]

Spiromatic - It's all Pollock's.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Interesting that the ad runs about 15 seconds with the product shot, as a freeze frame, running about 10 seconds. Our ads when presented, ran 728 frames; the product shot ran 36 frames. All early TV ads were bad in the establishing shots, interesting to watch the progress.

[@mikecawood]

It gets about halfway through then crashes. It keeps crashing throughout the video.

[@Steve20127]

Ann Beach washing up.

[@joanbroad3528]

Love the little plumber!

[@genghissu1185]

Premo was cool in a very creepy way with all of the facial expressions, but like the tea he also disappeared into obscurity!

[@paulmason6474]

Very high tec!

[@kathygilbert1970]

6% on savings..........wow !!

[@geoffreylee5199]

Kathy Gilbert Loans were 8%.

[@agfagaevart8655]

5 years ago that was a standard rate with most ISAs

[@johnazhderian5734]

In America, the interest rate from a bank in 0.02%!

[@jedqwerty]

Skip to 0:38 if you want a thing staring into your soul

[@kit500100]

Hugh Lloyd buys toothbrush.

[@joannegray5138]

Am I missing the point here - but why did Wisdom use durability in boiling water to sell their toothbrushes? Did the people in the 60s not feel they'd cleaned their teeth properly unless they rinsed straight from a boiling kettle?

[@FunkySpunkyJunky]

Joanne Gray ... As a kid I remember melting my toothbrush just by running it under the hot tap. It was hot but not boiling, brush just went soft and bent over. It must have been a common occurrence. I guess plastic was a bit crap back then. So that was the selling point, that the new brush won't melt even in boiling water.

[@genghissu1185]

The introduction of nylon toothbrushes was such a disaster.

[@smeringtonweeps2717]

It's gay - it's gingham!

[@gavindouglas7020]

Wow white and British

[@john111257]

6 per cent..jokin

[@FunkySpunkyJunky]

John Robertson ... I'm sure I remember you could get 10% if you had a massive stack of cash. Not that we did.

[@mulderandscully]

Maud grimes from corrie buying a toothbrush!

[@JennaFowler1]

With Hugh Lloyd!

[@MrDavey2010]

Give BSM a big hand! Ha ha ha!

[@john111257]

nobody uses soap in the bath

[@deewaters8994]

John Robertson They did then.

[@FunkySpunkyJunky]

... That's all there was!

[@pyewackett5]

I do , but i'm a vintage nut : )

[@keithwaites9991]

Bath?

[@beatlebrian4404]

I used to dream of using soap.

[@stevebrown4185]

primo!

[@TCDL11]

Needless to say that Robertson's jam-boree ad would not be shown these days because it's blatantly racist.

[@dorismay4411]

David Leystar yes it would wot a world we live in now can’t say anything they play the racist card to many of them here now we are full that’s not being racist that’s a fact

[@mattsawyer343]

@@dorismay4411 The "racist card," as used by...racists who say "you can't say anything now!

[@dorismay4411]

@@mattsawyer343 no I’m not

[@arthurvasey]

Can’t even get a golliwog anywhere - even on eBay! Can’t even call them golliwogs, either - minstrel dolls? Gave rise to an anecdote about the late Queen - she was paying a state visit to some African country - its leader asked why they had to put her picture on their postage stamps - Lizzie replied: “If you take my picture off your postage stamps, then we’ll take your picture off our jam and marmalade jars!”.

[@richarddyasonihc]

The products are about azs familiar as the commercials were - rarer/unusual! I was born in Dartford (technically Bexley Hospital), I remember quite a lot of the style & products, but the jam etc. we saw most of, had a very racist title & the same cartoon, but was called ‘Gollywog’!!’! Crisps were of course very much a favourite, usually on long rail journeys, I don’t ever remember seeing or buying Walkers, it was always Smiths, in a dark blue packet with a little paper packet of salt inside the bag. Other flavours? Nope - now it’s hard to find plain crisps, which prefer. I liked the logo for British Driving School’. When I was six, we moved to Tunbridge road, almost in the countryside near Pembury (the house is still there, but not the woods & fields. Most of us learnt how to drive firstly sitting on our `Da’s Lap, until we could rech the pedals. Where Inlived. In Sandown Park, there weren’t many houses, let alone cars & the road was poorly paved& partially gated. It ended at an unmade wide led to the main road - which is now the A21.

[@kathythompson2434]

Did you have to leave in the tedious countdowns between adverts😤😤😤😤😤 thumbs down from me.

[@genghissu1185]

lol I remember that advert with Premo in it!