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DIAMANT COLLECTION -- TV COMMERCIAL RL. 1

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Title: DIAMANT COLLECTION -- TV COMMERCIAL RL. 1
File Number: VTM-22BC Beta SP NET-414 Beta SP DigiBeta
Color: B W
Type: Television Commercial
Year: 1955
Description: B W 1955 Television commercials, 49 of them, mostly early 1960s. Many are animated cartoons several are for cigarettes and cigars several are for beer. Focus is soft throughout (many of these are kinescopes). Cigarette commercials: 1 - 8, Beer commercials, 42 - 49. 00:36:28:00 B W 1955 Lucky Strike cigarettes. Animated cigarettes square-dancing. 00:37:32:00 B W 1955 Old Gold cigarettes. Tap-dancer wearing costume shaped like a box of cigarettes. 00:38:36:00 B W 1955 Muriel Cigars. Animated cigars, one a Mae West caricature. 00:39:45:00 B W 1955 Kool Cigarettes. Animated ice-skating penguin. 00:40:46:00 B W 1955 Marlboro cigarettes. Tough guy works on his car while smoking. 00:42:08:00 B W 1955 Robert Burns cigars. Little boy befriends a cigar-smoking sailor on the beach. 00:43:16:00 B W 1955 Winston cigarettes. Animated musical notes "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should". 00:44:00:00 B W 1955 Chesterfield cigarettes. Cowboys herding cattle. 00:45:06:00 B W 1955 Ajax cleanser. Animated elves scrub a bathroom. 00:46:18:00 B W 1955 S.O.S. pads. A live commercial, with Durwood Kirby and Gary Moore in silly costumes she's wearing a Teutonic helmet with horns. 00:48:50:00 B W 1955 Raid Bug Killer. Animated raid can sprays insects, "kills them dead." 00:49:55:00 B W 1955 Kleenex table napkins. Surreal commercial housewife and little girl in kitchen, with a tiny man dressed as butler. 00:50:58:00 B W 1955 Mr. Clean. Animated muscle guy services perky housewife. 00:52:04:00 B W 1955 Tide Detergent. Woman hangs laundry on the beach. 00:53:06:00 B W 1955 Bufferin. Animated diagrams of stomachs. 00:54:12:00 B W 1955 Alka-Seltzer. "Speedy Alka Seltzer", animated puppet, sings a jaunty jingle. 00:55:22:00 B W 1955 Band-Aid. Extra-sticky band-aid can pick up an egg! 00:56:30:00 B W 1955 Band-Aid. Interesting special effect, flowing multiple exposures, chidren make "trails". 00:57:36:00 B W 1955 Gillette Blue Blades. Animated parrot. 00:58:16:00 B W 1955 Remington shaver. Man shaves a peach also, CU man shaving with electric razor. 00:59:22:00 B W 1955 Gillette razors. Baseball players: Pee Wee Reese encourages boys to shave brief shots of Roy Campanella and Don Zimmer shaving. 01:00:24:00 B W 1955 Mum deodorant. "Secret agent" parody, mysterious woman makes telephone call. 01:01:38:00 B W 1955 Pepsodent toothpaste. Animated boys flirt with girl. 01:02:42:00 B W 1955 Clairol Hair color creme. Mother and baby in meadow. 01:03:46:00 B W 1955 Crest toothpaste. Little girl, ecstatic because she has no cavities, reports to mom. 01:04:50:00 B W 1955 Lipton Chicken Noodle soup. Live commercial with Arthur Godfrey. He's drunk or something. 01:09:07:00 B W 1955 Ritz crackers. Animation of cut-out photos. 01:09:32:00 B W 1955 Heinz Worcestshire sauce. Cartoon announcer can't pronounce "Worcestershire". 01:10:40:00 B W 1955 Skippy peanut butter. Animated simple graphics. 01:12:16:00 B W 1955 EZ Pop popcorn. Animated singing popcorn kernels. 01:13:23:00 B W 1955 Jello Instant Pudding. Animated in the style of Saul Steinberg. 01:14:27:00 B W 1955 Kroger eggs. Cartoon chicken lays egg. 01:15:36:00 B W 1955 PET evaporated milk. Mother cuddling baby, lengthy shot idealized footage. 01:17:06:00 B W 1955 Snowdrift Oil. Animated characters call each other "John" and "Marsha". 01:18:10:00 B W 1955 Nestle Quik. Ventriloquist and dummy (Jimmy Nelson and Danny O'Dea - ??). 01:19:16:00 B W 1955 Maypo Oatmeal. Cartoon father can't get stubborn baby to eat. 01:20:25:00 B W 1955 Anderson soup. Animated thin line-drawing style. 01:21:33:00 B W 1955 Jello. Animated Chinese baby narrator speaks in funny Chinese accent. 01:22:37:00 B W 1955 Maxwell House instant coffee. Announcer shows us coffee grains under a magnifying glass. ECU coffee poured into cup, very generic. 01:24:07:00 B W 1955 "Take Tea" brand tea. ECU tea poured into teacup, generic. 01:25:10:00 B W 1955 Wilkins instant coffee. Early incarnation of Jim Henson's Muppets Kermit the Frog fires cannon at muppet carrying picket reading TV ANTI-VIOLENCE LEAGUE. 01:25:30:00 B W 1955 Hamm's Beer. Cartoon woodland creatures do an Indian dance for beer. 01:26:58:00 B W 1955 Carling Black Label Beer. Animated: man relaxes in hammock while wife mows lawn he think's she's going to serve him a beer, but she drinks it herself. 01:28:05:00 B W 1955 Field's Beer. Animated announcer interviews hockey player. 01:29:13:00 B W 1955 Schweppes Tonic Water. Parody of genteel society aristocrats at elegant party. 01:30:21:00 B W 1955 Rheingold Extra Dry Beer. Stop-motion animation of marching beer cans and bottles. 01:31:28:00 B W 1955 Budweiser Beer. Jazzy commercial, beach setting, "Where there's life, there's Bud." 01:32:38:00 B W 1955 Ballantine's Ale. Animated puppets, Old West saloon setting. 01:33:47:00 B W 1955 Gallo Wine. Jazzy commercial, montage of party scenes
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