First TV advertisement - Gibbs SR toothpaste
- Title
- First TV advertisement - Gibbs SR toothpaste
- Genre
- Advertisement; Special
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:02:05
- Description
- Recording of the first television advertisement in the UK - for Gibbs SR toothpaste - broadcast at 20:12 pm on 22/09/55 during ITV’s opening night. The voice-over is by Alex MacIntosh. Audio quality very poor and at incorrect speed.
- Contributors
- Alex MacIntosh; ITV
- Keywords
- Television; ITV; Advertising; Gibbs SR; Television advertising
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LBC/IRN, "First TV advertisement - Gibbs SR toothpaste". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013100105001 (Accessed 19 May 2025)