The Highway Sings (1937)

Genre :

Runtime : 4M

Director : Alexander Hammid, Elmar Klos

Synopsis

Probably the best-known advertising film for Bata, where joke and irony meet commercial purposes. Tires are sent from rural countryside to the turmoil of the city to serve progress.

Actors

Inka Zemánková
Inka Zemánková

Crews

Alexander Hammid
Alexander Hammid
Director
Elmar Klos
Elmar Klos
Director

Similar

Evolution
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
The Escape
After the controversial disappearance of their Chief Medical Officer, a shadowy bio genetics company is under siege by the FBI for secretly cloning humans. Amidst the chaos, Molgen’s head mercenary Holt is sneaking out the last living clone, a young woman named Lily to a mysterious buyer. Holt has hired The Driver, accompanied by a heavily armed squadron of fellow Molgen mercenaries, to evade the authorities and deliver Lily and himself to the buyer. The journey takes an unexpected turn and Holt is forced to take matters into his own hands, as the driver once again demonstrates his mettle and extraordinary driving skills.
Wake Up
A woman is forced to rediscover her humanity in an increasingly digital world.
The Happy Beginning
Three young musicians and three female singers strive for success, competing each other. But love gets in their way.
Petrified Kusanagi
Senkuu discovers an alternative way to revive petrified people–using Snickers! By feeding this chocolate to someone who has been petrified, that person will instantly revive just to have a taste of a Snickers bar. With this discovery, Senkuu uses Snickers to revive the famous comedian Kouki Kusanagi.
A Young Miss... Aged 39
Telemachus, an unhappy old man, still lives with his sister, whom he expects to restore so that he marries the woman he loves. In the end, he is persuaded by a friend to put an ad in the newspaper to find her bridegroom, without mentioning her real age and highlighting her dowry. Finally, two bridal candidates appear: A retired and a Greek-Argentine landowner...
Česká reklama: Úsvit kapitalismu
Together Again
Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.
Trans-Canada Journey
A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of many ethnic origins, of a resourceful and industrious nation - impressions it would take days and weeks to gather at first hand - are brought to you in this vivid 1800-kilometer panorama.
Ρένα... Να η Ευκαιρία
South Sea Sweethearts
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
Un anuncio y cinco cartas
An honest man puts an ad looking for a room to rent in an honest house and receives five peculiar answers.
Ferenc a kráva
Parents Take Hart
Some rum parenting advice from the innovative Larkins Studio in this cinema commercial, based on the drawings of the much-loved Ronald Searle.
Stitch and Save
This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.
Love on the Range
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.
What Is Missing?
A stop-motion advertisement for shoe company Baťa. Depicts shoe repair as surgery.