Voyage of the Damned is the title of a 1974 book written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. It was the basis of a 1976 film drama. The story was inspired by true events concerning the fate of the MS St. Louis ocean liner carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939.
Advert for Sekonda Watches from the 80s featuring Harry Enfield.
Sekonda is a British distributor of fashion wristwatches. Sekonda is the best-selling watch brand in the United Kingdom.
Originally a company which marketed Soviet-made times pieces in the West, Sekonda’s Soviet ties ended with the break-up of the USSR. Most Soviet-era Sekondas were re-badged Poljot and Raketa models produced respectively by the First Moscow Watch Factory and the Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
Since 1993, the company has imported its products from factories in Asia, as it no longer has ties with the Russian Producers. Since 2004 the First Moscow Watch Factory is not producing anymore, though the Petrodvorets Watch Factory is still producing the Raketa watches
Sekonda also markets watches under the sub-brand SEKSY for Ladies Fashion, ONE for men’s fashion and Xpose for rugged outdoor lifestyles of either gender.
Info gleaned from Wikipedia
Seiko Watches advert from the 1980s.
The company started in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called “K. Hattori” (服部時計店, Hattori Tokeiten?) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha (精工舎, Seikōsha?). According to Seiko’s official company history, titled “A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko” (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word meaning “exquisite,” “minute,” or “success.” (The meaning “exquisite” is usually written 精巧, while the meaning “success” is usually written 成功.)
Parker Harlequin Pen advert from the 1980s
The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. It is currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid.
George S Parker, the founder, had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his “Lucky Curve” feed,[1] which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen body when the pen was not in use. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928.
Paper Mate Pen advert from 1977
Paper Mate is a registered division of Sanford L.P., a Newell Rubbermaid company that produces writing products. Among their offerings is the PhD multi pen/pencil/stylus, with an ergonomic grip, for the reduced writing fatigue produced by its grip to the hand. The most popular pens are Profile and Write Bros. The most popular mechanical lead pencil is the ClearPoint. In 2010, Paper Mate introduced environmentally-friendly biodegradable pens and pencils as additions to its wide-ranging product portfolio. They also manufacture Pink Pearl erasers.
Info gleaned from Wikipedia.
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