The World’s First Ever TV Ad

The first ever ad was for Bulova watches in 1941. It cost a whopping $9 (just $4 dollars more than this reconstruction cost). I found the film here on YouTube - But there wasn’t any voiceover for it. So I went to and hired the wonderful Dawg () to recreate what many documenters say was there. Five minutes of Final Cut tinkering later and - tada - here we are. I recreated the ad for a lecture I was doing at but thought I may as well put it up here for any other advertising geeks to see. Enjoy.