Vicks: Vaporub, 1970s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1970s

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

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (boy coughing) 0:00 Interviewer I hear you came down with a nasty cold 0:01 last night. 0:03 (boy coughing) 0:04 - Yep! 0:05 Interviewer You were all stuffed up, huh? 0:06 - (sniffing) Hard to breathe! 0:07 Interviewer What'd your mother do? 0:09 - Put some nice medicine on me. 0:11 Vicks VapoRub. 0:12 Interviewer That's good, effective medicine. 0:13 Bet it helped. 0:15 Boy Yep! 0:16 Later I could breathe easier. 0:17 Interviewer Sure, because Vicks medicated vapors 0:18 work on your stuffy nose. 0:20 They help decongest for up to eight hours. 0:22 How'd you sleep? 0:24 (snoring sound) 0:25 Interviewer Vicks VapoRub. 0:26 Helps your child breathe easier 0:27 so he rests easier. 0:28

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