A Sign Is a fine investment

United Kingdom, 1983

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From the 1890s until the 1930s, early advertising frequently used images of industrial work to sell its products. Modern advertising, on the other hand, surrounds us with images of idealised homes and families, shopping and holidays, offering a world of consumerism in which work has become invisible. This film investigates the disappearance of work from advertising

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Credits

production company

Arts Council of Great Britain

director

Judith Williamson

Duration

00:46:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016941

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Advertising

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Influence

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Consumer behavior

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Consumers

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Advertising

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Advertising - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Consumer behavior

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Consumers

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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