Come Co-operative Shopping
Advert from the mid 1960s
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Description
A Co-operative advert showing a selection of offers for the spring sale including soup, tea, marmalade and hand towels.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- Does this advert appeal to you? Why or why not?
- This advert moves forward quickly. Analyse it by breaking down the shots and discussing the purpose of each one.
- How similar or different is the packaging of the products displayed to the same products sold in the Co-op today?
- Compare this advert to other Co-operative adverts over the period 1959-1969. What differences do you notice between the earliest two to the latest?
Activities
Recreate this advert for a modern audience.
Research and experiment with product design for one of the products featured in the advert. Can you improve on the packaging and design?
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-119-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | By kind permission of The Co-operative Group Limited |
| Project Ref | 0660 |
| Date | 1966 |
| Genre | Advert |
| School Subject | Art and Design, English, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Media Studies, Technologies |
| Subject Matter | Advert, Food, Marketing |
| Who | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (sponsor) |
| Where | Glasgow |
| Attributes | Black and White, Sound |
| Clip Length | 0:29 |
| Film Length | 00:29 |