One of the many haunting images from the nuclear post-apocalyptic film Threads is folk shuffling around a poster for Standard Life (a genuine, famous, UK insurance company) with the slogan "Standard Life for all of your life", as a critique of unrealistic expectations of security during the Cold War. Many people of my generation remember the image, and it is frequently used in stills.
While it's a minor issue in the broader context of the film, I'm a little curious as to:
- whether this was a genuine campaign of Standard Life at the time
- whether Standard Life approved its use
- whether they were publicly unhappy about its use
All possible answers to these questions seem implausible in the modern context, but it is quite an old film. Does anyone know, or know the industry at that time well enough to give even a likely answer?
