BP & National Benzole Commercials
BP & National Benzole Commercials
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- Release Date: 1st January 1970
- Asset ID: 801192
- Synopsis: A compilation of BP and National Benzole commercials from the 1960s and 70s, including both live action and animated ads.
- Shotlist: 1. 10:00:00 "Animation of a man on a scooter, accompanied by a calypso tune about mixing petrol" 2. 10:02:10 "Animation of a wizard and various other users of BP Gas to a cheery Portuguese tune" 3. 10:02:40 "B&W commercial about drivers driving across Europe to test BP Visco-Static" 4. 10:03:09 "B&W commercial showing tests of how good BP-Visco Static is and that it is now available in New Zealand" 5. 10:03:44 "Oo-Jar from national - Very cheesy with husband showing wife jar and she says "Oo"" 6. 10:04:10 "Oo-Jar from national - Very cheesy longer version of the advert above with many people saying "00"" 7. 10:04:50 "BP is the key - B&W commercial about how a Hillman Minx did 100,000 miles using BP Visco Static" 8. 10:05:48 "B&W - Jazzy music that accompanies close-ups of driver pressing pedals, turning sterring wheel, changing gear, etc. Tagline - Things go better on BP Super Plus" 9. 10:06:45 "Identical to No.7, but talks about a Triumph Herald doing 100,000 miles" 10. 10:07:40 "Identical to above" 11. 10:08:38 "Animation about how grades can save you money - with a narrator and a service station character with a Scottish accent - narrator says charater is Super, the character says 'Not me, BP' - Funny" 12. 10:09:13 "Identical to No.8" 13. 10:10:07 "Identical to No.7" 14. 10:11:06 "Identical to No.9" 15. 10:12:00 "B&W - About a Ford Anglia driving a 100,000 miles, supervised by the RAC and the RAC Chief Engineer says that the protection thet BP Visco Static gave the car is 'quite remarkable'" 16. 10:12:56 "Identical to No.9" 17. 10:13:47 "Identical to No. 1" 18. 10:15:57 "B&W - All about a man and his car and his family, good 60s service station shots - Tagline - 'For the car in your life and the life in your car'" 19. 16:58:00 "B&W - Similar to above, but a single man version, taking photos and having fun" 20. 10:18:02 "Actress Fenella Fielding being stopped by police, and talking herself out of trouble by making sounds out of the words 'BP Superformance'" 21. 10:18:43 "Actress Fenella Fielding again, this time at a service station still stressing syllables of the words 'BP Superformance', leaning on a Rolls Royce and as a passenger in a Sports car that takes-off!" 22. 10:19:30 "Actress Fenella Fielding being interviewed by a man until she gets into a car" 23. 10:20:02 "Actress Fenella Fielding, leaning on a car and stroking a petrol pump and talking about the benefits of Superformance" 24. 10:20:36 "Similar to above, but this time Fenella Fielding is in a car and talks about free holiday insurance offered by BP." 25. 10:21:05 "B&W stills of a BP Channel Islands instant win promo offered by service stations." 26. 10:21:40 "B&W Animation of two fighting birds - English version" 27. 10:22:21 "Similar to above, but the animated birds are areguing over the benefits of Super BP." 28. 10:23:00 "Same birds from above, with both pretending to drive, and a service station attendant saying that BP Super is about both performance and reliability." 29. 10:24:05 "As above but in colour"
- Production Company: None
- Licensing Restrictions: None
- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: BetaSP_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None