A Sign is a Fine Investment

10.0 1983 46 min
Documentary

Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising films from 1897 to 1960. Places advertising in the context of historic…

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Judith Williamson
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Judith Williamson

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Fiona Trierr Narrator (voice)
Maryanne Gordon
Terry Hardy
Nicholas Robinson
Sara Scodbo
Sam Smith

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