Consumer healthcare - competitive TV commercials. Tape Two.

Date:
1993
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Description

A compilation of healthcare commercials featuring over-the-counter medicines shown on television around the World in 1993. There are Wellcome's competitors (Bayer, Ciba Geigy) in the first half, moving onto Wellcome brands in the second. The brands covered are; Mitigal (a shampoo for children), Filvit (Spanish), Wick Vapo Bad, Wick Vapo Rub, known elsewhere in the World as 'Vick', (German), Medinait, Medinait Spray, Wick Blau (German), Lodosan, Aspro 500, Medinait, Rhinogutt, Triaminic, Vicks Sinex, Rinazina, Fienamina, Bronchochendo, Vicks Vapo Rub, Resyl (Italy), Vicks Head Clear, Benadryl syrup and tablets (Australia), Demazin Liquids (UK?), Nix (for headlice); a much longer infomercial (USA), Sudafed Plus (UK?), Actifed, Codral, Dymadon (Australia) and Cicatrene (Italy).

Publication/Creation

UK : Wellcome Video, 1993.

Physical description

1 DVD (c. 40 min.) : sound, color, PAL
1 Digibeta (c. 40 min.) : sound, color, PAL

Copyright note

Wellcome Trust

Notes

This video is part of the collection of Audio Visual items accessioned from GlaxoWellcome Heritage Archives in 1995.
The master of this video was MII (M2), which has now been migrated to digibeta videotape and DVD. The master has been deaccessioned.
Dated 4th June 1993.
Marked 'For Mrs Kiran Doshi Consumer Healthcare'.

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    Closed stores
    6027S

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    Closed stores
    6027D

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