1936 RL Timeline

September 24, 2025

1936

The London office of the American advertising giant J. Walter Thompson oversees the production of up to 44 different programmes a week, producing 15-minute spots in the most modern recording studio in Britain. Music, announcements and sponsor messages are recorded onto film and flown to Belgium to be but on a train to Luxembourg.

The programs sell corporate sponsorships for products as diverse as corn flakes, beauty creams, cigarettes, laxatives and wine fortified with cocaine.

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