Cinema Intermission ads and idents used in 70s and 80s

Cinema nostalgia from the days when there was a supporting feature and ushers sold ice cream in the auditoria from neck strap trays. Remember the kia-ora and king cone ads? The message about seats on the right designated as no smoking areas? Plus preview time idents as used in Odeon and other Rank Group cinemas in the 1970s and 1980s. Happy memories!

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Entertainment

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• cinema
• entertainment
• trailer
• odeon
• intermission
• preview

[john111257]

no racism..no ciggies..nothing anymore

[JKTube]

The song used in the King Cone ad is based on the song "Bend Me Shape Me" by the American Breed, though originally recorded by the Outsiders.

I was born in 1975 in Tampa, FL, so I missed the whole era of double features and such. I admit that I was inspired to research these things by watching the Tarantino/Rodriguez movie "Grindhouse."

[CrankyStorming]

Did films still have intermissions that late?

[custardo1]

Why would the Kia-ora advert be racist, when I was a kid it summed up the hot Caribbean and the need to have a thirst quenching drink FFS!

[MOONST0MP]

@DoctorPretorious616 Why? whats wrong with a connection to the black culture? Why is it on every video of the kia-ora advert all everyone is goin on about is that it is racist?? I'm black myself and there is nothin racist about it. If it was crows dressed as white people and somthin very british playin like The Beatles or somthin would that be racist against white people? Yes it is reggae and there is a steel drum and they are all actin black but in what way is that racist??? It isnt offensive!!

[DEEninetysix]

pirating in the 70s/80s? woah, awesome!!

[brettlampitt]

or maybe some acid...

[DoctorPretorious616]

@DoctorPretorious616 Oh come on! First you've the Sambo-like boy at the beginning, then there's the black crows similar to the ones in "Dumbo" typifying any number of stereotypes; including the lanky basketball player, the "mammy", etc. There's even a steel drum playing in the score just in case we hadn't made the connection to black culture. Apparently this was much more acceptable in the UK in the 1970s, but it would never make it past the PC police today.

[DEEninetysix]

wow, thanks for this :) i wish i was around in the 80s, i was born in 96! the late 90s / early 00's were awesome, and going to the cinema seeing ads similar to the kia ora one was awesome as hell, its what first got me into wanting to make movies. im shocked myself i remember it all, it was awesome! now, they play a car ad, some trailers, and thats it!

[DEEninetysix]

@DoctorPretorious616 how?