

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, music, stars, gimmicks, grand spectacle or sex appeal: during its golden age, how did advertising convince? Thierry Ardisson has brought together almost 400 advertising clips to relive the era of the conquest of minds and wallets.
Director: Matthieu Jaubert

Thierry Ardisson
Self

William Leymergie
Self (archive footage)

Alex Métayer
Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duby
Self (archive footage)

François Berléand
Self (archive footage)

Jean Becker
Self (archive footage)
Lucas Mongenie
Self (archive footage)

Maurice Lévy
Self (archive footage)

Black Hawk Down
2001

De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019

Oh Les Filles!
2019

Admiral Cigarette
1897

Communicating Non-Defensively
1982

Grand Illusion
1937

Les Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
2020

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
1896

Land Without Bread
1933
Browse more by genre: