Vicks, 1950s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1950s

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

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: Narrator This is Mr. John Barry Rogers. 0:01 He feels weak as a kitten, so stuffed up with a cold. 0:04 He could take aspirin or cold tablets and go to bed, 0:07 but ordinary tablets wear off in about four hours. 0:10 He could wake up miserable. 0:13 That's why Mr. Rogers never goes to bed 0:15 with a cold without Vicks VapoRub. 0:18 VapoRub gives 10 hours sleep-through relief. 0:21 Delightful. Feels so good. 0:24 He breathes easier right away. 0:27 And VapoRub's medications give 10-hour relief 0:29 to help clear his stuffy head, soothe sore throat, 0:32 loosen bronchial congestion. 0:35 VapoRub helps him sleep all night 0:38 and wake up well on his way to feeling strong as a tiger. 0:40 Mr. John Barry Rogers never goes to bed with a cold 0:45 without Vicks VapoRub. 0:48 Neither does his father, his mother, or his big sister Sue. 0:50 All the family get 10-hour sleep-through relief 0:54 with Vicks VapoRub. 0:57

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