The Highway Sings

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

May 1989 •English

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

L'Âge d'or de la pub

June 2023 •French

If Ads Were True

January 1963 •English

Ava-Graph’s answer to the TV commercials. In color.

Caleb's Cash for Gold

January 2013 •English

How can you pass up a deal like this!?

Evolution

June 2001 •English

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

Dcerušky paní Petersenové

January 1927 •Czech

Admiral Cigarette

August 1897 •English

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Microsoft: How to Succeed in Business with Workgroup Computing

October 1992 •English

Two brothers, Jake and Max work in product development at the Kitty Carnival Amusement company. The two office workers do not work well together and are sceptical at the new Microsoft Workgroups for Windows operating systems they are being forced to use, but with a looming deadline and some help from Bill Gates, they soon learn to love it, and go on to start their own successful company.

Pastas Ardilla

January 1996 •Spanish

Advertising short from 1996, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring two of his regular actresses, Rossy de Palma and Chus Lampreave.

Radio RCA

January 1935 •Spanish

Broadcast music evokes erotic and racial fantasies in this commercial.

Ainslie Trailer

January 1972 •English

A short promotional film directed by Curt McDowell for 'Underground Cinema 12'. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Rena... Here's the Opportunity

January 1980 •Greek

Stand Up!

April 2011 •English

Irish anti-homophobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Up! LGBT Awareness Weeks.

Leave the Door Open

June 2021 •Korean

The film depicts the beautiful and mysterious story of a scallop and marine cleanup activist So-mi, who met by chance at the beach. In the life of So-mi and Scallop, Bespoke changes into various shapes and shows a special presence.

Not Just on Earth...

January 1928 •Czech

A scientist observes the sky through a telescope. He is discontent because the Moon has a delay. The scientist thus uses his telescope as a canon and shoots to alert the Moon in a house in the sky that something went wrong. The upset Moon charges his wife to find out what the correct time of moonrise was. And because it has indeed overslept and is behind the times, it rushes into the sky to rectify his mistake. On the way, he mightily puffs from his pipe, which provokes St Peter's disapproval - for the saint would not tolerate so much black smoke in the sky. He therefore strikes the Moon with lightning and the Moon, falling, loses his pipe. St Peter then recommends him to smoke cigarettes made with Abadie paper tubes.

My Baby Bright

May 2018 •Thai

Pla Thong's friend, Tod dies but his unfinished business means he can't move on. Pla Thong helps Tod figure out what that unfinished business is, and they realise how each other feels in the process.

Stand Up for Your Friends

January 2014 •English

An Irish anti-homophobic and transphobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week.

Un anuncio y cinco cartas

May 1937 •Spanish

An honest man puts an ad looking for a room to rent in an honest house and receives five peculiar answers.

Got Milk - Sandwich

Invalid date •English

Animated 15-second short commercial by Raimund Krumme.

Česká reklama: Úsvit kapitalismu

November 2019 •Czech