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

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....

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.

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.

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.

wiked love it

wow im lame im drinking fresca while watching this lol

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

even the color of the film is like cola >D

LOLOl good 1 :)

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...