The following is a 1965 advertisement for Waddingtons spy-themed board game called ‘Spy Ring’. Players must work as spies and ‘contact men’ and try to collect the most valuable secrets from international embassies.   The film opens with a shot of a building with signs attached to it. The first sign says “Waddington Embassy” and the second one reads “spy wanted”. An actor, who also provides the voice-over for the advert, then talks directly to the camera while dressed as a stereotypical spy....

The following is a 1965 advertisement for Waddingtons spy-themed board game called ‘Spy Ring’. Players must work as spies and ‘contact men’ and try to collect the most valuable secrets from international embassies.   The film opens with a shot of a building with signs attached to it. The first sign says “Waddington Embassy” and the second one reads “spy wanted”. An actor, who also provides the voice-over for the advert, then talks directly to the camera while dressed as a stereotypical spy. He emerges from a manhole and says: “Psst! Want to join the spy ring? Speak to your local spy shop and whisper spy ring”. A prop bomb then suddenly appears and explodes with a loud noise. There are then shots of what appears to be a secret spy meeting taking place between a group of men and a child. They are playing the board game at the table. A child then whispers “spy ring” in the ear of a man in a shop. The man then reaches behind the desk as if he is about to produce the board game. At the end of the advert, a hand picks up the board game and takes it inside the manhole. The camera finishes on the manhole cover that reads “Spy Ring H.Q. Spy Ring”.