Commercials

Duration: 400 ft.

Complete Record: 1. Mercury Monarch. color. ca. 1960. overhead magnet lifting car interior w/ passengers form one car and placing them into another; Mercury Monarch- precision size scale; actor demonstrating interior features; gas mileage data; car in foreground- fountain and fancy building in background; cougar on top of Lincoln Mercury sign; 2. Ford cars. color. ca. 1980. various shots of driving quickly; interesting shots of auto stunts- truck driving off cliff w/ parachute and car driving inside vertical loop 3. Wheelie Trikes. color -red. ca. 1970 . toys in action. remote control toy cars. little boy on sand. 4. Avon bag. color. ca. 1970. woman riding bike presenting Avon bag; woman hopping off SF cable car w/ Avon bag; woman in raincoat delivering Avon; woman in woody panel car raising Avon bag; woman delivering Avon bag to woman at fire dept.; woman firefighter putting on blush while coworker dumps oversized fire hat on her head; black woman delivering Avon to young black girl sick in bed; interior woman delivering Avon to pregnant woman; 5. Baby Dreams Doll. color - faded. ca. 1970. mother and father saying goodnight to little girl holding doll and tucking her into bed; girl caressing face of doll; girl kisses doll; girl laying w/ doll in bed; gentle song alas Mr. Rogers. 6. John Hanckock Life Insurance. color. ca. 1970. black couple w/baby sitting on couch; guy is singing and talking. Early Morgan Freeman. red shift. 7. Spic Span Bath Cleaner. color. workers carrying bathtub into bathroom-housewife and kid are watching; they clean up mess w/ Spic n’ Span; little girl w/ pool toy talking to workers and mother; 8. Pledge Wood Cleaner. color. woman polishing wood table w/ daughter watching; younger woman polishing table w/Pledge; 9. Merrill Lynch. color - faded. large herd of bulls and buffalo moving towards camera; tight shots of bull legs moving past camera; 10. Castoria. color. black woman and daughter in bedroom talking; children’s medicine