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KIT KAT ADVERTS

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WORK ID: YFA 1475 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
KIT KAT ADVERTS1971-1973 1971-01-01
Details Original Format: 35mm
Colour: Colour
Sound: Sound
Duration: 11 mins 39 secs

Subject: Industry
Fashions



Summary
The original four-finger version of the bar was developed after a worker at the Rowntree's factory, York put a suggestion in the recommendation box for a snack that a "man could have in his lunch box for work".  The product was launched in September 1935 in the UK as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, and the later two-finger version was launched on May 1 ...
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The original four-finger version of the bar was developed after a worker at the Rowntree's factory, York put a suggestion in the recommendation box for a snack that a "man could have in his lunch box for work".  The product was launched in September 1935 in the UK as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, and the later two-finger version was launched on May 15, 1936.  Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp was renamed Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp in 1937, and after World War II just Kit Kat....
The original four-finger version of the bar was developed after a worker at the Rowntree's factory, York put a suggestion in the recommendation box for a snack that a "man could have in his lunch box for work".  The product was launched in September 1935 in the UK as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, and the later two-finger version was launched on May 15, 1936.  Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp was renamed Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp in 1937, and after World War II just Kit Kat.  The following advertizements ran from 1971-1973 and include the slogan, "Have a break…  have a Kit Kat." Patience:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Archaeologist – Snow:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Supermarket:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Postman:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Archaeologist:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Surgeon:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Party:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Supermarket Archaeologist:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Vacuum:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Au Pair:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Climbing:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Learning to Walk:  Have a break, have a Kit Kat (1971) Col Meter Maid:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Bus Driver:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Young Girl:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col – featuring Julie Dawn Cole who played Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Young Boy:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Fishing:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Flag Day:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Young Nurse:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1972) Col Playgroup:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break  (1973) Col - featuring Patsy Kensit. Window Cleaner:  Kit Kat, give yourself a break (1973) Col
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