I got these from the
J. Walter Thompson archive in
1989 for my father's 70th birthday. He produced all these ads, thought of the Nimble balloon idea, and came up with the line, '
Mr Kipling bakes exceedingly good cakes'.
Sorry for the plethora of Nimble ads, but the collection was more for his own interest than for public consumption.
In sequence:
Ribena - with a very young me!
Campbell's Soup - with my sister,
Anna
Spiller's
Shapes - with my then brother-in-law's dog
Max
Butter -
Arthur Lowe and
John le Mesurier
Berger Paint - with Anna
Bentinck again
Tweed - perfume
Mr Kipling -
Henry wrote the line, and used close-up of food for the first time in
British advertising, employing a man in
Paris called
Dimka. trying to find out who he was/is
Mothers Pride -4 commercials with
Andy Stewart,
Dusty Springfield and
Joe Brown
Polo
Kraft Cheese Slices - with
... anyone know who this is?
Nimble - first one is the last made - faked matte shots over
London
The next one is the pre-balloon one in b/w with
Joanna Lumley
Then comes the first balloon ad, with a hydrogen balloon in
Segovia, Spain. You can watch Henry talking about it here:
http://vimeo.com/5530015
Then there are three with the hot air balloon in
Switzerland - all with the incredibly brave and intrepid Nimble girl
Emily Cumming.
Finally there's an old b/w Mothers Pride ad shot on the hill above
Frithsden in Hertfordshire, half a mile from where I grew up.
Here are some photos of the Switzerland Nimble balloon shoot: https://picasaweb.google.com/102200969913485441062/FilmingNimbleCommercialInLauterbrunnenSwitzerlandIn1973?authuser=0&feat;=directlink
And these are from the first shoot with the hydrogen ballon in Segovia, Spain. https://picasaweb.google.com/102200969913485441062/FilmingNimbleCommercialInSegoviaSpainIn1968?authuser=0&feat;=directlink
- published: 24 Apr 2012
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