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- September 1985 (Creation)
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1 VHS and 1 mp4 (9.4MB) and part of 1 VHS, 1 DVD and 1 mp4 (143.6 MB)
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Two versions of the same advert:
a. In this advert the paperboy delivers papers to an apartment block and comments on the social activities of the inhabitants. A series of customers jog past him, but the Observer reader abseils from his window in the back of the shot before collecting his paper.
Duration: 30 seconds. The advert starts at 01.33 on the mp4 file.
b. Duplicate of version (a), but with slightly improved picture quality and a closer shot of the paperboy inspecting the newspaper.
Duration: 30 seconds. The advert starts at 00.13 on the mp4 file.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
Creator: The Moving Picture Company Limited
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Access via GNM Digital Repository.
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Related units of description
a) Also included on the 'Historical Reel, 1985-1995' VHS and mp4 are Observer adverts; OBS/9/1/1/19, OBS/9/1/1/20c, OBS/9/1/1/21/2a, OBS/9/1/1/23a, OBS/9/1/1/24/1b, OBS/9/1/1/24/2b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3d, OBS/9/1/1/26c, OBS/9/1/1/27j, OBS/9/1/1/28, OBS/9/1/1/30a, OBS/9/1/1/31d, OBS/9/1/1/32a, OBS/9/1/1/33a, OBS/9/1/1/36b, OBS/9/1/1/37/1a, OBS/9/1/1/37/2a, OBS/9/1/1/38/1a, OBS/9/1/1/39, OBS/9/1/1/40a, OBS/9/1/1/41, OBS/9/1/1/42a, OBS/9/1/1/43a, OBS/9/1/1/44/1a, OBS/9/1/1/44/2a, OBS/9/1/1/45a, OBS/9/1/1/47-61, OBS/9/1/1/62/1a, OBS/9/1/1/62/2, OBS/9/1/1/64/1a, OBS/9/1/1/64/5, OBS/9/1/1/65a, OBS/9/1/1/66a, OBS/9/1/1/67, OBS/9/1/1/68a, OBS/9/1/1/69a, OBS/9/1/1/70.