Vicks VapoRub, 1960s

Year Published: 1960s

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

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (clock ticking) 0:01 Narrator If you had a cold like Susie's, 0:05 you wouldn't like it either if somebody just gave you 0:07 a book to read and went away 0:09 or if they put a thermometer in your mouth 0:12 and you couldn't breathe and then went away forever 0:14 and finally came back and you didn't have a fever anyway, 0:17 and then they went away again. 0:20 (dog barking) 0:21 (children playing) Or if they just gave you a pill and talked on the phone 0:27 to other people all the time 0:30 and had lunch downstairs with your brother and sister 0:32 and sat there for hours and you had eat by yourself 0:34 and you can't hardly breathe. 0:36 But you'd like it better, and you'd probably feel okay, 0:38 if somebody rubbed you and sat there awhile and talked. 0:42 (Susie giggling) 0:45 Woman (speaks faintly) little girl? 0:46 Narrator Susie, honey, 0:49 it's a cold world, 0:50 but one of the warmest things in it 0:53 is still Vicks VapoRub. 0:55 VapoRub Vaporizing Ointment. 0:57

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