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Fable of the Fabrics

1942

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.

Love on the Range

1939

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

1947

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

Insect Dance

1949

In a rural area, an insect receives a letter with an invitation to participate in the Insect Ball, to be held in the city and with no end date. There, flies, mosquitoes, mosquitoes and cockroaches have fun and dance, until a robot, named Detefon arrives to end the party, pouring an insecticide, exterminating all the insects. Animated advertisement for the insecticide Detefon entitled "Baile de Bugs", directed and animated by Eugenio Marcus and produced by the company Rex Filme.

Stitch and Save

1943

This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.

T for Teacher

1947

Cartoon illustrating the golden rules for brewing a good cup of tea.

Together Again

2018

Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.

Tea Time

2015

A grand-mother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…

Not Just on Earth...

1928

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.

Doomsday for Pests

1946

Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.

Got Milk - Sandwich

Invalid Date

Animated 15-second short commercial by Raimund Krumme.

Nočná romanca

1949

The Evening Cigarette

2017

A minute-long anti-smoking ad.

Molar Mischief

1946

toothpaste advertisement featuring a gang of wacky stop motion puppets that revel in a plaque problem

Evolution

2001

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.