Vintage Commercials

Duration: 1600

Year Published: 1960

Complete Record: 1. Post sugar Crisps Cereal. B/W, est. late 1950s. cartoon. 3 bears riding car. Featuring Roy Rogers. 2. Baker Instant Chocolate. B/W, est. late 1950s. Circus Master of Ceremonies and 2 guys in a horse outfit mix and consume product. 3. Campbell’s Beans. B/W, est. late 1950s. “what Americans eat”. 4. Franco American Spaghetti. B/W. June Lockhart. In kitchen preparing canned spaghetti. 5. Campbell Soup. B/W, est. late 1950s. short clip introducting cartoon character of Lassie, girl-chef. 6. Invest in America. B/W, 1961. cartoon. Cityscape cartoon w/ thousands of denizens as laborers keeping the economy strong and supporting “the highest standard of living in the world”. Nice cartoon propoganda. 7. Campbell’s Franks and Beans and Franco American Spaghetti. B/W, 1961. cartoon of Lassie the girl-chef and soup can transitioning from one brand to the other. Franco American Spaghetti. B&W, 1961. Featuring Louis from Paris in his trolly. Kids eat canned spaghetti. 8. Campbell Soup. B/W, 1961. Using “Cream of...” soups for gravy. Nice shots of 1960s meat & potato meals. 9. Colgate Toothpaste with Gardol. B/W, 1957. Couple going in Tunnel of Love. Amusement ride. 10. “Where the Action Is!” title, “brought to you by”: Stri-dex Medicated Pads; Clairol Summer Blonde; Clorets Chlorophyll gum w/ Retsyn. B/W est. late 1950s. 11. Clorets Chlorophyll Gum. B/W, est. late 1950s. Man at party becomes isolated due to bad breath - appears trapped in bubble dome momentarily. Later, scientific authentication of product through lab testing of man w/ onion-breath before and after use of product. 12. Scripto Pen. B/W, est. late 1950s. Grunt men bring in large model of pen, showcasing the details of product. 13. Scriptip Pen. B/W, est. early 1960s. woman doodles on paper pad with product between toes. 14. Stri-dex Medicated Pads. B/W, est. early 1960s. high school basketball. guy and girl holding hands. 15. Summer Blonde. Color, est. early 1960s. Red shift. Racy hair dye commercial. outdoors. Blonde woman rides in jeep through the snow with two guys. Magical transformation to summer time. Blonde woman lounges on beach and gets attention of two beach boys. Surfer boys lift girl on surfboard, then chase her down the beach. Ride off in jeep through snow. 16. Clairol Hair So New Spray On Creme Rinse. B/W, est. early 1960s. shampoo. girl and guys dancing the twist on some water dock pad. Pretty groovy. 17. Borden’s Dutch Chocolate Ice cream. B/W, est. early 1960s. baseball kid and cute girl in the suburbs. Little girl invites boy for a Dutch Treat - a chocolate ice cream soda. 18. Band-Aid. B/W, est. early 1960s. kids baseball action on field. Good shots of little boy’s P.O.V. as he runs to home base and slides. 19. Johnson’s Baby Powder. B/W, est. early 1960s. Woman in two piece swim suit lounges among the wild reeds at the beach during sunset. She takes shower, after which she applies product to skin. 20. Sucrets Antiseptic Throat Lozenges. B/W, est. early 1960s. Noirish man in rain storm looks up at threatening and thundering sky, rubs throat, and breaks out the box of Sucrets. And then smokes. 21. Hunt’s Flavored Catsups. B/W, est. early 1960s. Catsup bottle leads a crowd of cheering hamburgers. Teenage blonde cheerleader addresses camera re: quality of tomatoes. 22. Jergens Hand Lotion. B/W, est. early 1960s. Still shot of product and flowers, w/ superimposed text. 23. Jergens hand lotion. B/W, est. early 1960s. Couple by fireplace grope each other’s hands, until her hand turns into a scouring pad. Lotion relieves the problem and returns her hands to a “kissing soft” state. 24. Jergens Facial Moisture Cream. B/W, est. early 1960s. Plastic looking woman applies lotion to face while in nighty. 25. Mattel Power Shop. B/W, est. early 1960s. A woodshop in a kit for young people. With safety lathe, jigsaw, drill press, sander, etc. 26. Mattel’s Stallion beach cruiser bike. B/W, est. early 1960s. blonde haired boy rides bike w/ shock absorbers under seat across the beach. 27. “Another Historic Highlight in the Aerospace Age”. B/W, 1964. original footage of the first remote bomber, or “flying bomb”, developed in Amityville, N.Y., from 1917. Known as “the bug”. Cold War and patriotic propoganda. 28. Maxwell House Coffee. B/W, est. early 1960s. A couple on their front stoop sing and dance the praises of “that good coffee feeling” provided by product. Man dances along his walk to work. 29. Post Toasties Corn Flakes. B&W, 1955. Cartoon of little boy finding empty box of product, whines to DOG and mom. Mom takes them to store to buy some more. [Program Identification clip of “Surfside 6”, a mod squad kind of show from the 1950s that aired on ABC.] 30. Viceroy Filter Tip Cigarettes. B/W, est. late 1950s. A couple paint themselves into corner, literally, and while away the time by smoking product. [Surfside 6 clip] 31. Pontiac ‘62. B/W, est. 1961. car driving up Austrian mountain road. Shots from above and in front of the car ascending winding and twisting road. Large scratches throughout. [Surfside 6 clip.] 32. Gillette adjustable razor. B/W, est. early 1960s. Man with telescope spies on woman while they are at beach. Shots of him lathering up and shaving. Good mechanical shots of product, showing science and technology at work for the consumer. [surfside 6 clip.] 33. Noxzema Skin Cream. B/W, est. early 1960s. woman walking around Italian town. For “that Fresh American Complexion”. [Surfside 6]. 34. Gillette Super Blue Blades and Giant Gillette Foamy Shaving Cream Combo. B/W, est. early 1960s. Overhead shots of crowd at stadium, CU of man shaving lathered face in mirror.