Clip description
Two young boys are hired to polish boots at the Imperial Hotel, London, after their trial goes surprisingly well. The hotel manager exclaims 'You boys and Kiwi are the goods’! The advertisement ends with a close-up of an animated drawing of Kiwi Boot Polish and the Kiwi bird that squawks the words 'Kiwi! Kiwi! Kiwi!’
Curator’s notes
This clip from a silent black and white Kiwi Boot Polish cinema advertisement from 1914 uses intertitles to provide story context and present dialogue.
Cinema advertisements at this time often ended with a close-up of the product.