Brings back very happy memories of going to the Cinema as a Child, growing up back in the 1960's. Our favourite Cinema was "The Piccadilly ", (ABC Sparkbrook, Birmingham). The days when you had proper, Art Deco Cinemas, running continuous performances, starting with a supporting film, then the adverts and trailers, followed by the main feature. All presented professionally by the Projection Staff, with curtains in front of the screen and the non-sync music in between. When the non-sync music faded, the lights dimmed, the curtains opened and that magical beam of light from the projection room filled the screen, that was the magic of going to the Cinema back then.
These ads make me so much hungrier than the ads know. It seems as if they use too much gross out imagery and loud and obnoxious people in food ads today. These are so much more pleasant, the music, the voice over, everything!!
Brings back the memories of 1964 very well, the old money and visits to the old Palace and Odeon cinemas in Brentwood with good old mum and dad at the time.
Ah yes, I saw my first 'X' film at The Palace, "Whatever happened to Baby Jane". I remember my excitement when I saw the trailer for 'Dr No' at the Odeon. Pity they demolished The Palace.
Re: 7:50, now I get it! In one episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus", they had a spoof ad for trusses with a couple cavorting in an animated forest with a cartoon deer. Now, decades later, I understand what it was a parody of. Thanks!
In the 1970's, during intermission, I always had a kia-ora orange drink in that plastic tube with straw & a lyons maid tub of ice cream with wooden scoop from the usherette.Just like in above adverts.Anyone remember it was dark & loud & the usherette shone a mini torch over the tray.Halcyon days.
Nice to see a modern transfer of this stuff; there's a lot of it on YT but sadly it's from old VHS compilations. I just love ephemera like this! I always fancied the lady in the Macleans ad, have to say! She'd be about 80 now, I'm sure! Thanks for posting. Edit to add: I collect old library music and by accident discovered that the music at 4:49 is from a Conroy 78rpm record (BM 199) from 1959, and is called "Crystal Ball" and at 8:35 there's "Planetarium" from the same record.
@@mackenzieroughA very much missed company. I have about half of their ad reels, the search for the rest continues but they are now commanding eye-watering prices.
Such a pristine, glamorous time ; the women looked fantastic and even the men looked great. It seems like the old school glamour went away in the 70s and the glamour of the 80's didn't have the warmth of the 60's.
Back in the day is a american expression...........Why not use a full sentence of expression of thought...... You could be american so there is indeed no hope
Try Google's street view on these addresses to see what's happened to the UK's retailers over the last sixty years. Today's views usually show parades of food outlets/restaurants or shuttered/boarded-up shopfronts...
1:25 This Lyons Maid Zoom Ice Cream Lollypop Commercial Is Appears From The 2004 UK DVD Release Of Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series Volume 6 Brink Of Disaster And Other Stories. Thanks Mate. X
That Pearl and Dean ident didn't even come out until the early 70s. The end ident did not have a telephone number on it in the 70s and 80s either, that was added in the early 90s when the 071 number replaced the 01, and it was updated again in 1995 when the 0171 number came out.
They used those titles for years, though. I remember as a kid in the 90's thinking they seemed dated. In the late 90's/early 2000s they slicked it up a bit with C.G.I, but they more or less kept the same design. Not sure if Pearl and Dean are still a thing.
Funny you should say that; they didn't really have ads at the cinema in the States like we did in the UK, except for the concessions, like you say. I remember taking my now wife, who's American, to the pictures in about 2002, and she was rather surprised we had to sit through commercials before the film started!
@@Gannett2011 That's true, but movie theaters in some places in the US did show ads sometimes. Originally these were just slides for local businesses as well as upcoming films.
Did the male voice-over announcer in these ads really sound like that or has there been some kind of pitch alteration in the digitisation process? (this is a serious question, not a facetious comment)
These adverts are being run slighter faster than normal, like a 45 rpm record being played at 48 rpm. I also have a ten minute reel of 35mm cinema sales trailers and Pearl and Dean titles from the 1960s that I saved from my time as a projectionist. I had them transferred to a DVD-R and you'll find them here on TH-cam uploaded in two five minute parts.
9:59 - "Sparrows Can't Sing." A movie financially backed partially by Messrs R. and R. Kray, I believe, although rumours that they made a cameo appearance are apparently untrue. ;-)
Brings back very happy memories of going to the Cinema as a Child, growing up back in the 1960's. Our favourite Cinema was "The Piccadilly ", (ABC Sparkbrook, Birmingham). The days when you had proper, Art Deco Cinemas, running continuous performances, starting with a supporting film, then the adverts and trailers, followed by the main feature. All presented professionally by the Projection Staff, with curtains in front of the screen and the non-sync music in between. When the non-sync music faded, the lights dimmed, the curtains opened and that magical beam of light from the projection room filled the screen, that was the magic of going to the Cinema back then.
I didn't get where I am today by watching old Ice Cream commercials!
These ads make me so much hungrier than the ads know. It seems as if they use too much gross out imagery and loud and obnoxious people in food ads today. These are so much more pleasant, the music, the voice over, everything!!
Brings back the memories of 1964 very well, the old money and visits to the old Palace and Odeon cinemas in Brentwood with good old mum and dad at the time.
Ah yes, I saw my first 'X' film at The Palace, "Whatever happened to Baby Jane". I remember my excitement when I saw the trailer for 'Dr No' at the Odeon. Pity they demolished The Palace.
Yes 👍
I absolutely love the cinema but there something about these ads which makes me wish I’d have gone in the 60s!
Re: 7:50, now I get it! In one episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus", they had a spoof ad for trusses with a couple cavorting in an animated forest with a cartoon deer. Now, decades later, I understand what it was a parody of. Thanks!
In the 1970's, during intermission, I always had a kia-ora orange drink in that plastic tube with straw & a lyons maid tub of ice cream with wooden scoop from the usherette.Just like in above adverts.Anyone remember it was dark & loud & the usherette shone a mini torch over the tray.Halcyon days.
Great times.
Absolutely fantastic
Lyons Maid Fruit Parfait - so sophisticated you ate it with a plastic spoon!
Nice to see a modern transfer of this stuff; there's a lot of it on YT but sadly it's from old VHS compilations. I just love ephemera like this! I always fancied the lady in the Macleans ad, have to say! She'd be about 80 now, I'm sure! Thanks for posting.
Edit to add: I collect old library music and by accident discovered that the music at 4:49 is from a Conroy 78rpm record (BM 199) from 1959, and is called "Crystal Ball" and at 8:35 there's "Planetarium" from the same record.
Thanks, this is transferred from 16mm.
@@mackenzierough I have a feeling Derann Film Services issued this on both 16mm and Super 8. I've had it in both formats.
@@StuartReidvideos Yes, I bought my 16m/m print from them.
@@mackenzieroughA very much missed company. I have about half of their ad reels, the search for the rest continues but they are now commanding eye-watering prices.
Planetarium and Crystal Ball are from Bob Sharples I believe?
Such a pristine, glamorous time ; the women looked fantastic and even the men looked great. It seems like the old school glamour went away in the 70s and the glamour of the 80's didn't have the warmth of the 60's.
Back in the day when someone used to go round with sweet trolley 🤗🥰
Back in the day is a american expression...........Why not use a full sentence of expression of thought...... You could be american so there is indeed no hope
many cinema adverts were small businesses based in the towns where the cinemas were based
I see George Lazenby (James Bond v2) was in it just after Lyons Maid.
I was 4 in 1963.
Blast from the past 👍👍👍guards Woodbine's park drive 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"…wishing you a Gay Exciting 1964"? They were such very different times weren't they? :D
They were Great times!
EVERY year should be gay and exciting!
Try Google's street view on these addresses to see what's happened to the UK's retailers over the last sixty years. Today's views usually show parades of food outlets/restaurants or shuttered/boarded-up shopfronts...
Some well-know faces there... Jenny Hanley, George Lazenby, etc.
1:25 This Lyons Maid Zoom Ice Cream Lollypop Commercial Is Appears From The 2004 UK DVD Release Of Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series Volume 6 Brink Of Disaster And Other Stories. Thanks Mate. X
I love Pearl and Dean ads because they give this American the opportunity to ask "what the hell are they talking about???"
A WORLD OF MAGIC
George Lazenby who played James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
I heard the Pearl and Dean theme on TV recently.
Jaguar Mk1 in the Taylor car ad. Didnt recognise any of the voiceovers.
For info : The Pearl and Dean clip is from the 1980's as the telephone number for inner london was 071 in the 60's and 70's it was 01
That Pearl and Dean ident didn't even come out until the early 70s. The end ident did not have a telephone number on it in the 70s and 80s either, that was added in the early 90s when the 071 number replaced the 01, and it was updated again in 1995 when the 0171 number came out.
They used those titles for years, though. I remember as a kid in the 90's thinking they seemed dated. In the late 90's/early 2000s they slicked it up a bit with C.G.I, but they more or less kept the same design. Not sure if Pearl and Dean are still a thing.
Lyons Maid used to have a factory in Southall, West London, so did Walls.
I finally get to see what Monty Python was making fun of....
1:41 A young pre-OHMSS Jenny Hanley in a 1968 ad for Lyons Maid Cornish Sundae
And a pre-OHMSS George Lazenby for good measure.
1:08 George Lazenby Alert!
Is that George Lazenby winking at the fruit parfait? I think we should be told.
Ha, Ha, Yes it is, I have now added him to the description!
The food ads are very influenced by the similar ones produced in the USA - same food too (hot dogs, popcorn).
Funny you should say that; they didn't really have ads at the cinema in the States like we did in the UK, except for the concessions, like you say. I remember taking my now wife, who's American, to the pictures in about 2002, and she was rather surprised we had to sit through commercials before the film started!
@@Gannett2011 That's true, but movie theaters in some places in the US did show ads sometimes. Originally these were just slides for local businesses as well as upcoming films.
SHE WON'T BE THIN ANYMORE IF SHE EATS ALL THAT BASTARD ICE CREAM LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Did the male voice-over announcer in these ads really sound like that or has there been some kind of pitch alteration in the digitisation process? (this is a serious question, not a facetious comment)
No, that is how it sounded in the cinema!
Always tried to get out before The National Anthem played🤣
Yes, there was always a rush to the exit!
Wonderful. Reminds me of my younger days which were the best. Unlike the shit today!!!!!🙄🙄
Ahh, the good old days when a girl was happy with a tiny little bottle of 6% ABV Babycham, instead of a 750ml bottle of 12% ABV Prosecco.
I have these advert reels too. Has this been transferred from Super 8mm or 16mm film ?
Hi David, I bought this reel from Derann films it is 16m/m
Hi Mackenzie that's where bought mine from too. Ah the good old days of film collecting . Keep those spools of film spinning. Cheers !
These adverts are being run slighter faster than normal, like a 45 rpm record being played at 48 rpm. I also have a ten minute reel of 35mm cinema sales trailers and Pearl and Dean titles from the 1960s that I saved from my time as a projectionist. I had them transferred to a DVD-R and you'll find them here on TH-cam uploaded in two five minute parts.
3:58 Moved up to space 1999 !
I've got to take a link of some of those electronics at 5:35 and sent it to Techmoan to ask about them.
I love to Cornish
Do you know who's singing the ABC Film Review jingle Mackenzie?
No sorry.
9:59 - "Sparrows Can't Sing." A movie financially backed partially by Messrs R. and R. Kray, I believe, although rumours that they made a cameo appearance are apparently untrue. ;-)
I understand that one of the locations used was their club.
@@mackenzierough You could well be correct, Mac R. From what I've read, they owned several clubs in plausible neighbourhoods..
Days of the Usherettes 😂
And smoking!!! The last film i recall seeing where it was still permissible was Black Rain in 1990.
It's a shame that the playback speed is too fast.
George Lazenby at about 1.10 !
1:09 - That's George Lazenby, isn't it?
Yes indeed!
What about The Yeovil Sheepskin Shop ?
When Master Maize meets Blondie Butter... that's corny 🍿
3:34 Found Jillian from Family Guy
George Lazenby at 1:07
Yes it is.
I’m sorry, but I want to go to 1963 please.
And buy cigarettes too 🤢
Ha,ha, in those days they didn't even know that smoking was bad for you!