Sudocrem: A Great Friend
An advertisement for Sudocrem antiseptic cream, showing a variety of uses in everyday life. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Echo: World’s Finest Chainsaws
A short advertisement for Echo chainsaws, demonstrating their power and utilising a play on the brand name. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Troscan Furniture: Bedroom
Advertisement opens with a shot of a bedroom furnished with wooden presses, dressers and coffee table, as a jingle sings: ‘Furniture the living way – Troscan’. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Troscan Furniture: Dining Room
A short advertisement for Troscan’s range of wooden, dining room furniture. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Troscan Furniture: Living Room
A short advertisement for Troscan’s wooden, living room furniture. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Thor: Electrical Appliances
An advertisement for a range of Thor kitchen appliances. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Phoenix: Empty Glass
Short, stop motion advertisement for Phoenix beer, featuring a pint glass which fills and then empties at a bar. The strapline reads: ‘Phoenix, the bright beer’. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
The Irish Army: A Man’s Life
A recruiting advertisement for The Irish Army highlighting the skills, pay and health benefits that come with the job. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
CIE: Great Train Robbery
A short advertisement for CIE’s Great Train Robbery reduced fares. A cowboy tells buyers that ‘prices are being massacreed!’ To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Constellation: Dream of Luxury
An advertisement for Constellation in which a woman is transported to happy dreams by the luxury of her Constellation sheets and blankets. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Thrive: Calf Milk Replacer
A short advertisement for Thrive, in which farmer Seamus Kelly praises the results of using the calf milk replacement formula. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Player’s Gold Leaf: Two Words
An advertisement for Gold Leaf cigarettes, featuring stylish colourful images and contemporary music. This advert won ‘Best Tobacco Products (TV) & Best Irish Market’ in the International Category at the 1967 American Television Commercials Festival, the trophy of which is housed in the IFI Irish Film Archive. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, […]