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Date(s)
- c1986 (Creation)
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Part of 2 VHS, part of 1 mp4 (102.1 MB) and 1 mp4 (5.1 MB).
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Scope and content
Two copies of a colour advert with sound for the Guardian newspaper.
The advert features three puppets on string made out of newspaper and dancing in unison to the Sandie Shaw song 'puppet on a string'. The three puppets dance out of the frame and a puppet made out of the Guardian newspaper and with no strings ballet dances across the screen to unidentified classical music.
Commentary: "When a newspaper doesn't have a proprietor it can dance to its own tune".
a). Strapline "The Guardian". Duration: 24 seconds. The advert starts at 00.00 on the mp4.
b). Duplicate of (a) but with poorer sound and picture quality. The adverts starts at 00.37 on the mp4.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
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Access via GNM Digital Repository.
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Open
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
a). On one VHS with Guardian adverts GUA/9/1/1/6b and GUA/9/1/1/8a but digitised as 3 separate mp4 files.
b). VHS and mp4 file also include the following Guardian adverts: GUA/9/1/1/3c, GUA/9/1/1/4/1b, GUA/9/1/1/4/2, GUA/9/1/1/4/3, GUA/9/1/1/6d, GUA/9/1/1/8b, GUA/9/1/1/9, GUA/9/1/1/10a, GUA/9/1/1/11a.