Old Coca-Cola ad: Thirst Asks Nothing More (1938?)

[trystandias]

I looooove coca~cola. This ad made me want one so bad. The narrator gives good advice. I think i will go to the refridgerator.

[Samoutuomas]

I love how old commercials always told you what to do... "Take Product X, now! You WILL like it! Go to your refridgerator and take Product X!"

[GeniusRKO39]

6 people didn't enjoy their vintagfe coco cola! i'd really do!!! :)

[MineralWellsAirsoft]

hey im drinking coca cola right now..........i was watching this then i paused and took a drink of my ice cold coca cola :)

[gisaac2157]

Coca Cola The original Cocain!

[Caim626]

Good old times, women was in right place - KITCHEN! :D

[nehnehmjfan22]

@Caim626 women WERE, actually.

[Caim626]

@nehnehmjfan22

Yes, you're right :)

[evilunixuser1]

this was video tapped later on when they decided to give it color.

[ShannaPondanna]

one day we'll be trading cocacola bottle caps

[fred58]

"It tingles with delicious taste" Tingles? Diabetic?

Maybe it's do to Peripheral Neuropathy...LOL

[joshuamcdowell]

wait no dont snort coke, you drink coke for refreshment lol

[SlankTV]

Haha I love how commercials went from being descriptive like this to the shit they are now! I mean what do a load of fuzzy creatures have to do with a tastey beverage?

[skordijhl]

so if im "hot" i just drink cola to make me cooler AKA ugly?

[mryjn420090]

They make coke seem like the best thing in the world

[ilovetails123]

drank coke and watched this add...felt great >=]

[samiwazhere]

it tingels hehe

[panita11]

I came here cuz Fallout 3 made me think about old time Nuka Cola =D

[placebo666999]

When i look hot, feel hot and i'm hot i have sex.

[MRCrackerShaq96]

wasn't tv invented in like the 50's?

[CoffeeSquib]

@MRCrackerShaq96 ummmm not really. where did you hear that?

[Orlabobz]

@MRCrackerShaq96

Invented? Lord no. I mean, this is from a film reel in a cinema, but tv's were invented around the late 30's early 40's. This was America though. So perhaps you are thinking more along the lines of brought around in a certain country in the 50's?

But no, it was pre 50's that tv was invented. It was only after the war ('45) that due to the boom many more Americans could afford tv's.

[Frates1]

@MRCrackerShaq96 It was invented around 1926 by John Logie Baird. In the UK the the first broadcast was by the BBC in 1936(probably at the same time in the US)

TV really took off in the 50's when people were getting over the war and had more money for tv set's.

[dudemantwo]

The card playing women...look like prison guards...

[theskiesbelowme]

They should bring these old commercials back

[Orlabobz]

@theskiesbelowme

I don't think it would work as well nowadays really. I mean, using words like "wholesome refreshment" wouldn't really go today with what health conscious people. People were more gullible back then. But I do agree, theres an endearing charm to the commercial.

[trueghostrider1]

this makes me want to et coke more than the new commercials this is what commercials should be like or mabey im just born in the wrong time

[beaviselectron]

"Pure, wholesome refreshment." Yeah, at the time it was still being made with cocaine in it...

[Magicianxox]

@beaviselectron no it wasnt

[monny287]

@beaviselectron

No, it wasn't. Cocain was removed from Coca-Cola in 1903, long before this commerical was made.

[MrTitanic360]

At 0:27 the soda has no fizz

[0001metalhead]

"anywhere and anytime, The Game..." god damn it, I just lost The Game...

[mediate27]

Definitely not 1938. They didn't have color back then. 

[mdeslinger]

@mediate27 it doesnt HAVE colour, its tinted, lots of old filmwas tinted brown back than, but it still wasnt 1938 because they didnt even have TV back than, gotta be late 40s or early 50s

[BrandonTxOthor]

@mdeslinger Your right its not in colour,but they did have colour movies in 1938.I don't know when this was from- but there were commercials and newsreels,special announcements etc. played at the movie theatres before and after the movie was shown,so its possible looking at the clothing styles this was 1938. 

[bpotts0401]

@mdeslinger It could have been a theater commercial

[jretin]

@mediate27 That was the tint. Not the colour, lots of old films had a tint like that to them.

[Sheri451]

If you're sick on your stomach, just get a Coke, a straw, sip the Coke and you'll feel a little better. But if that dose'nt make you feel any better, get Sprite and do the same thing.

[skippygirl959]

@Sheri451 do sprite first

[tripjet999]

Sugar up your brain!

[Chickenisgoood]

why cant it glow like nuka cola quantum?

[fredespanish]

"DRINK coca-Cola!! And get your BONES blowing up!"

[xXHelloKittyAnimexX]

'When you look hot, feel hot, and are hot.." You know the way the narrator speaks? It seems like most people in the old commercials talk like that!

[shadowmancerdude]

There was no colour though whats so ever maybe it doesnt have color just that old look maybe

[MadameLil]

A cold beer works better for me. Oh, for the good old days when we didn't have to fret about sugar & caffiene ... I still do like Coca Cola, but not as a cooler-offer.

[Istanbul0687]

0:16

Shit, i just drank a bottle of varnish

[commedykid]

Using this for my American History project :)

[hatehildog]

its not really color, its one tone color. its where they would tint the film red or green or what ever color they needed for the effect. it makes it look like it was really color and had just faded, but it was made that way.

watch lon chaneys the phantom of the opera, it was in like 5 different colors

[tibu911]

how the hell did they have color tv in the 1930s if they didnt have it in the 50s

[waltergalt]

@tibu911 Film strip, I reckon, for theatrical viewing.

[dreamingbackwards]

@tibu911 'The Wizard of Oz' was mostly in colour and it was made in 1939.

[ClubPenguinFan8]

Although I love coke I'm not sure if I prefere Dr.Pepper.

[Fight4Privacy]

Fuck Coca Cola, evil corporation.

[fuhrman66]

I am old and poor where is my coke?

I would settle for a sip of the chugging housewives..

[xxKOZTRAxx]

wow..."rich and poor"....definitly another world for ads

[nunurox]

more honest at least lol

[nandiito]

@nunurox Lol yeah, but the same unheathy beverage

[Orlabobz]

@xxKOZTRAxx

exactly what I thought, you'd never hear that now!

[RPULTZ69]

that housewife can chug

[daved1974]

anyone remember cokes fuck up of 1986 or was it 1985

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

@daved1974 In May 1985 'New' Coca-Cola was introduced and the original recipe was retired Remember this happening in the mid-80s?

[handinside]

@chaoreturnsforgood76 Actually the original recipe contained something called COCAINE--that how it got its name.But it was removed in the early 1900s

[fromthesidelines]

No, Paul Frees was not involved with movies, radio or ANY kind of media in 1938 (he didn't become an actor until 1942). That was an "unknown" announcer from Indiana....

[luckyshow]

As to Coke itself, it was better in the old bottles with the true caps on them. The formula has been changed over time. Around 1969 or so, the Coca Cola would eat through the new composite aluminum and steel cans so it was reformulated to be less acidic. In 1908 the cocaine was removed. To this day, a New Jersey plant detoxifies coca leaves, the only legal source of the drug in US. The coke was one reason it became internationally popular so early. Ads were important, too.

[luckyshow]

The bottles: Designed (enhanced) by famous art deco designer Raymond Loewy, the green tinted hard glass refillable deposit bottles came from all over the country. Each bottling plant made and filled their own bottles. The city was embossed on the bottom of bottle, the month and year eas on the lower portion of bottle under the brand names, also embossed. These would circulate for years, they were hard to break. You could get a Honolulu bottle in Brooklyn. My oldest was from 1950.

[hebneh]

@luckyshow Coke bottles were not designed by Raymond Loewy. He only designed the streamlined Coke dispensers used at soda fountains, in the 1930s. The bottles were designed by the Root Glass Co. when the Coca-Cola Company called for proposals for a standardized bottle in about 1912. The original bottle was far fatter in the middle, which would not have been easy to manufacture or handle, so it was slimmed down to look like this. Root Glass had the exclusive contract for decades.

[luckyshow]

This was a movie theater ad. BBC TV in 1938 would not have had advertising anyway. RCA had very limited experimental broadcasts, mostly in the New York area, of football games (actually practices) and this was not until the 1939 Worlds Fair. Any advertising copy (I am unsure there was any) was read live.

[stunningBOYY]

wiked love it

[tacoandquesadilla]

wow im lame im drinking fresca while watching this lol

[moviecriticsonline]

The correct way to enjoy this commercial is to drink Coca Cola while watching! :)

[HoracePL]

even the color of the film is like cola >D

[dragonass56]

LOLOl good 1 :)

[MrLabelChannel]

@moviecriticsonline *ice cold coca cola

[skippygirl959]

@moviecriticsonline thats what i did! haha 

[jCon1114PROductions]

@moviecriticsonline right outta those older looking bottles

[pukhtoonistan007]

@moviecriticsonline im a muslim and im offended .

[cerisegrillote]

That's posible to send me this vidéo please ? In fact I'm French and I have a big work to do this year about Coca-Cola. If you can't send me this vidéo clip can you tell me where I can find this ? I'm sorry if my french written is not good...

[wvfc1957]

The announcer is the same announcer on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. Maybe Paul Frees, which would put the ad in the early fifties.

[mitchflorida]

My guess is about 1938, may have been played at movie theatres , not for television.

The hair styles are the giveaway

[fromthesidelines]

There certainly was BBC Television service in 1938- and they certainly didn't telecast Coca-Cola theatrical advertisements from New Castle, Indiana!

[Jormaukko]

Nuka Cola!

[gcxgcx]

@Jormaukko ahah same here. looks like a fallout ad.

[GigglinMarley]

@Jormaukko hyvä :)

[wierzba1992]

@Jormaukko Nuka Cola ftw xD

[michaelpack1988]

@Jormaukko lol, im a sunset sasprilla fan

[TheKingCameron]

@Jormaukko i bet you like fallout

[regulatorzone]

@Jormaukko

hahahha I know exactly what you mean

[etboygenius]

whats this accent called?

[1L6E6VHF]

Very good question, et, if you get an answer, let me know. I have thought of this for years: Much has been said about how people speak differently in different PLACES, but nobody talks about "TIME accents", which definitely exist. When someone has recently done a voice over on old film footage, I want to shriek, because a "21st century accent" is obvious to me.

[UnthrownWaffle]

That's what us Americans sounded like before everyone was illiterate and started breeding away from the good old English accent. In the good old days when people use words "indubitably" and......."Intercourse".

[MASTERmw100]

they had refrigerators back then? wow

[jellysludge]

more like early 50's

[cky12qxz]

No, 1950s commercials are black & white, late 20s and 30s are sepia.

[muldurag]

I'd say the late 1940's. There are car garages behind the homes, that's post-war U.S. Maybe 1950's...but I'd say 1940's.

[awsomeme25]

its not wholsesom. when they first made coca-cola there was real cocain in it

but i still love it

[PaladinswordSaurfang]

that really makes me wanna buy a coke

[Dillizard1]

what about pepsi lololololol roflmao you noob im gunna snipe teh and meh fffuuucccckk

[neopandorex2]

delllishess tast'ch

[inkey2]

ya know....i could go without cigarettes,candy, and even beer.....BUT.....I could NEVER go without Coka-Cola, no way

[PaladinswordSaurfang]

Everyone who drinks coke is a douchebag. Please mark this comment up :-D

[LankyLime45]

lol

[lorddragoono]

yah and cocain

[inkey2]

LOL...the good old days ....back when caffeine and suger was considered "Pure Wholesome Refreshment"

[qwertasdcfghjklmo24z]

and back then when we didn't have health freaks telling us what not to eat.

[inkey2]

the big mistake coke made at the time they introduced the "New Coke" (which was abandoned pretty fast) was.....when they did all these research taste tests....they asked pepsi drinkers as well as coke drinkers which they liked best. Of course the pepsi drinkers liked the new coke better because it tasted more like pepsi. What they should have done is ask ONLY coke drinkers which they liked better.

[florencemiller]

coca cola used to be so good tears would pour down your face. they changed it to new coke and it's never been as good. it was very refreshing.

[inkey2]

to florencemiller: What happened was they changed to "the new coke" which tasted awful then supposedly went back to the old coke.....but you are correct, it was not quite the same. My brother and I bought up about 25 cases of the old coke just before they changed it. We compared the original with the new classic coke. The original coke had a more cinnamon edge to it. The revived Coke had a more lemon edge. The last time I remember Coke tasting really good was when it had cane sugar in it.

[bogen1050]

coca cola once contained

cociane, where did you think it got it's name???

[dunisayno]

Happy 123rd Birthday Coca-Cola!

[cky12qxz]

1-2-3 :D

[Atomzdan]

Instructions:

When you look hot, feel hot, and are hot, go to the refrigerator and grab an ice cold coca-cola, you'll find it so refreshing.

O RLY?

[RealAthenius]

Yes. If you're not high on weed because it would ruin the feeling.

[shakimaru2008]

its like saying when your hot grab some coca-cola it only contains sugar and crack but i lb it

[visaman]

We'll stop our dance for a moment, and while the members of the orchestra pause and refresh themselves, let us relax in our easy chairs, just the place to enjoy a nice cold bottle of Coke...a...Cola.

[battou66488]

this is probably the oldest ad of coke on the net, TO DATE

does anyone have more?

[RealAthenius]

This has to be the oldest because we were in a depression all through the 30's.

[mightymax1983]

i'm drinking coca-cola right now.

what are the chances?

[cky12qxz]

O RLY?

[SonicRawks]

first advert to actually make me want to go an buy a product...effective :P

[Atomzdan]

With an ice cold Coka Cola.

[sweeetra3]

does anyone have any left from that time?

[avcomth]

I guess this was before the cigarette era right?, I don't see any in the gambler's mouth...

[inkey2]

I am 55 years old and have been drinking Coca-Cola by the crate load since I was about 8 years old.....when I was a kid almost nobody had air conditioning in their home....and Hell yeh , an Ice cold bottle of coke was like a heavenly gift. I can remember hot july nights (circa 1960) where my brother and I would be absolutely sweltering and frying in our shared bedroom...

[LickMyCuntMoFo]

I remember those hot summer nights. I just was always having sex, so that put me to sleep.

[inkey2]

to LickMyCuntMoFo: ummm, I was only 8years old so I wasn't doing any of "that". By the way....cool name you have...LOL

[shoemanbundy]

By the crate load at 8 yrs old? Sure you don't have diabetes?

[inkey2]

to shoemanbubdy: amazingly "no".....no diabetes yet....and I continue to guzzle Coca-Cola.....and I do mean "guzzle". ......never liked Pepsi....too sweet and too much phosphoric acid

[cky12qxz]

BY THE CRATE LOAD?!?! How many kindey stones have you had?

[inkey2]

to cky12qxz: LOL....no, no kidney stones. Does cola cause kidney stones? Maybe all the phosphoric acid in the Coke disolved them.

[cky12qxz]

I think Coca-Cola does.

[avcomth]

No Coke Zero at the time??

[angie4josh]

"wholesome refreshment"?.......

WOO HOO!

[BizzarreProductions]

"When you look hot, feel hot, and ARE hot..." LOL.

[feioo]

yup. reeeeal wholesome.

[ROGERGOESWILD]

bitch

[sillysweet1]

wow that is from the 30s

[redyellowachoo]

"Commercially available since the late 1930s"

talking about televisions that is

so this was probably from the early 40s :p

[graindude58]

The voiceover sounds like Earl Nightingale.

[calimar28]

And BTW, there were refrigerators in 1926...meaning for all we know, this commercial could be from the late 1920's or early 30's.

[calimar28]

Yeah the hairstyles are the "bob" from the 1920's, but women still wore them in the 1930's.

[gabrielsilva]

There's no freezer in the 30's (or even in the 40's).

This ad it's from the 50's

[battou66488]

No it is from the 1930s, judging from the hairstyles and the slogan, i think it was used in 1938 or 1939

[utmindfreak]

So what your saying then is that it IS from the 1930s. In case you didnt know... 1939 is still the 1930s.

[battou66488]

i just reacted when someone said that the ad was from the 1940s, but this IS indeed from 1938

[ElaraDreamstar]

Only if it is an advertisement played in theaters, since the television was not available until 1939.

[battou66488]

it is played in the theaters, since the first tv ad wasn't aired until 1941

[ElaraDreamstar]

Ah, what a lovely thought, two years without tv ads... what a glorious time!

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

And also the first UK Television advert wasn't aired until 1955 aswell

[newsagent89]

PAUSE

[electrohousejunkie]

lol paauseee!

[fromthesidelines]

This ad was originally seen in movie theaters [particularly the town where the local Coca-Cola bottler was, in New Castle, Indiana]. There were no "commerical" television broadcasts in 1938 (and no color telecasts, either), but there WERE "experimental" telecasts to more than a few dozen sets in individual cities, including New York [NBC], Los Angeles, Schenectady, New York [General Electric], and a few other areas around the country...

[shas1194alt]

the "zest" is actually cocain! not kidding! they took it out after the 40's

[vickyyendole]

Coca-Cola did once contain an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass, but in 1903 it was removed. Coca-Cola still contains coca flavoring.

[chao772]

No They removed cocaine in 1905 not 1903

[vickyyendole]

That's your word against wikipedia

[vanhalenmk]

Fuckin sucks they took it out

[MineSweepingKent]

I'm doing a project for school, does anyone know when the actual date of this commercial is? I'd be happy to know it's from the 1930s.

[heynoway1384]

boooooooooooooring

[newscrew2]

Thanks for not having watermarks on it.

[eladbari]

y? how are u gonna use it for yourself? :\ low resolution, dude :\

[HedvigGrotesco]

When Coca Cola was new, you had to

"Go to the drugstore and ask for some coke."

[shifter20012001]

That Comercial would have made my dad smile...then start cussing out the Coca Cola company..yes hes that old he drank it back when Coca Cola had Cocaine in it...Messed him up major..though he was a blast at partys ^_^

[MrPacMan36]

pure... cut cocaine

[aleksanderhagane]

i dont think it is 1938 xD 50 or 60 i think..

[leahcim165]

I love how they claim all this great stuff about coca cola while really it has cocaine in it AND it contains chemicals that literally MAKE you thirsty (in other words, they want you to buy another).

[Deviantial]

You'd know all about things containing cocaine wouldn't you?

[Ellarb50]

it didn't contain cocaine by 1938, i think they stopped putting it in by the 1910s

[chao772]

No 1905

[feeltheimpact23]

Chemicals that make you thirsty..... you mean salt?

[mongorocker]

sugar?

[musicxcraze]

wow!

[pogodamunky]

looks more like it was made in the '50s, based on it's quality and the houses

Also they stopped putting cocaine extract in the drink in 1905

[emptyzzzzzz]

is that when it had cocaine it?

[chao772]

No They stopped putting cocaine in 1905

[dmontgomery07]

Residentevil your an ignorant twat. It was shown in movie theatres as it says beneath ur comment. Maybe you wud care to look or learn something befor coming out with opinions. Thats the problem these days. Misinformation and too many opinions

[residentevil988]

just let you know there was no tv in the 30`s

[Barndancer61]

Well there was TV but it was in it's earliest infancy, still a "demonstration curiosity" at fairs, science presentations etc. not yet available to the public. This ad was a movie theatre ad.

[folgoraEX]

no there were comercial tv in 1930!

[Barndancer61]

The correct way to phrase your response to me in English is "There was no commercial TV in 1930", which is what I had obviously implied. You'd best improve your written english comprehension before you respond to english commentaries.