Filmlets/Cartoons

Animated black and white television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Advert opens with title card reading: "Bil and... Coo! - A Guinness Story". A group of five zookeepers sit down at a table to drink their Guinness, before a pelican dives down over them. Zookeepers duck under the table, only to realise upon emerging that their bottles of Guinness are gone, saying "My Goodness, My Guinness". Advert concludes with view of pelican carrying five bottles of Guinness in its bill. End caption reads "Guinness Is Good For You". Director: Unknown. Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor.

Animated black and white television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Opens with title card reading: "Falling Leaves - A Guinness Story". A park keeper struggles to sweep up the many leaves falling from trees. After drinking a glass of Guinness he manages the task easily. Advert concludes with shot of park keeper standing beside pile of leaves and empty glass on park. End caption reads: "Have a Guinness when you're tired". Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor.

Animated black and white television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Opens with title card reading: "Lost Ball - A Guinness Story". A golfer draws a club from his golf bag and hits the golf ball. Cut to golf ball bouncing across the green, past the hole, and over a cliff. Dissolve to view of golfer searching for his lost ball on a pebbled beach where all the pebbles look like golf balls. Concludes with shot of golfer wiping his brow before lifting a glass of Guinness into shot. Caption reads: "Have a Guinness when you're tired". Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor.

Animated black and white television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Opens with title card reading: "A Guinness Poster comes to Life". A man driving a horse and cart reaches a toll bridge and reads that hand-drawn vehicles may cross for free. He then proceeds to drink a bottle of Guinness, load the horse into the cart and pull the cart across the bridge himself. Concludes with shot of man pulling horse and cart across bridge and caption: "Guinness gives you strength". Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor.

Animated black and white television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Opens with title card reading: "A Guinness Poster comes to Life". An RAF squadron sitting in an air base mess hall, enjoying a glass of Guinness, are alerted to approaching unidentified objects. When they race outside they discover that the 'objects' are five toucans flying in formation. The toucans dive bomb through the officers mess and emerge with two glasses of Guinness on each of their beaks, as officers exclaim "My Goodness". Concludes withshot of flying toucan and end caption: "My Guinness". Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor.