History of Advertising

Imagine a time when television was just being born. Put yourself into the 1930s when automobiles were just becoming a part of the American land-scape! Some of these advertisements were shown as newsreels before motion pictures. Others were actually some of the first ads ever to appear on television!

This film depicts classic advertisement films and examples of automobile centric stories. It includes classic "Capitalistic Realist" dramas showing the manufacture of cars from foundry to finished vehicle. Also features examples of a day in the life of automobile workers in the U.S. while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inexorably linked to the fortunes of the company.

On this film you will get to see some of the last theatrical advertising shorts ever created! Once television took over there was not turning back. By including these incredible theatrical shorts you will be able to see exactly how television changed the face of advertising and marketing forever!