General Foods: Gravy Train Dog Food, 1950s-1960s

Year Published: 1950s to 1960s

Creator: General Foods D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (bullets impacting sign) 0:01 (villain shooting gun) 0:02 (villain grotesquely laughing) 0:03 (horse whinnying) 0:05 (gunshots ring out) 0:06 (horse neighs) 0:07 Narrator Who knows 0:09 (bullets fired) what greatness lives in the heart of a dog? 0:09 (dramatic cowboy music) 0:11 We do. 0:13 (horse's footsteps pound) That's why we at Gaines make Gravy Train the way we do. 0:15 It isn't just stuff to fill him. 0:19 It's great hunks of good food he can bite into, 0:21 packed with the nutrition 0:23 (horse footsteps echo) it took decades of research to put into a dog food. 0:24 And because we know that dogs like to enjoy 0:28 (bullets screeching) 0:30 what they eat, we make Gravy Train, 0:31 so it makes its own gravy when you add water. 0:32 Or don't add water, 0:35 and you've got a good dry dog food. 0:37 Wet or dry, Gravy Train is what to feed your dog 0:40 (bullets erupt) 0:43 every day. You know how great your dog is. 0:44 (pounding of hooves) 0:46 Now you know why Gravy Train is a great dog food. 0:47 (horse whinnying) 0:49 Gravy Train makes a dog feel like Rin Tin Tin. 0:50 (dog smacks lips, then barks) 0:54 (music majestically concludes) 0:55

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