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Sit back and enjoy!

From Broadway musical-inspired dance routines and documentary-style tours around new stores in the 60s, to iconic food adverts in the 2000s, our film collection includes cinema and TV adverts showcasing different aspects of M&S.

This is just a taste of our full collection of digitised films, you’ll find more to explore in the Vintage Cinema and TV Adverts section of our Digital Archive.

Party Style, 1965

Party Style

This 1965 cinema advert showcases womenswear and childrenswear in Orlon - a new synthetic, knitted fabric.

Fresh Bread at M&S

Fresh Bread

In the 1970s our TV adverts promoted our freshly baked bread (and our floral chopping boards!)

Musical M&S

Musical M&S

With catchy songs and dance routines, our cinema adverts took inspiration from the popular musical films of the 1960s.

Carefree Summer, 1965

Carefree Summer

Filmed in Portugal, this cinema advert won 2nd prize at the 12th Annual International Advertising Film Festival in 1965.

Stores in the sixties

Stores in the 60s

These two short cinema adverts show how we advertised our stores to customers in the 1960s.

On the Town with Acrilan

On the Town with Acrilan

A high-energy advert for clothes made with a new synthetic fibre, Acrilan.

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M&S Archive
Michael Marks Building
University of Leeds
LS2 9LP

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The Archive will be closed for the Bank Holiday from Friday 18th, re-opening Tuesday 22nd April
Monday-Friday and second Saturday of every month
10am-4pm
Bank Holidays - closed

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