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COMMERCIAL SAMPLE REEL #12 - CAR COMMERCIALS
RLP-22 16mm Beta SP
B W Color
Television Commercial
1960s
Color 1960s Nine car commercials from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most are in color, faded and reddish. 01:31:52:00 B W 1960s AC OIL FILTER. Swimming pool setting: fat man on diving board, trying to impress glamorous young woman car pulls up to poolside, driver flirts with woman jealous fat man jumps in pool, splashes both. Also, animated diagrams of car engine. 01:33:26:00 B W 1960s VOLKSWAGEN. Good shots of the Volkswagen beetle and bus gas station attendant is puzzled by VW bug family climbs into VW bus. 01:34:28:00 B W 1960s CHEVROLET CORVAIR. Cattle ranch cowboy climbs on horse, CU foot into stirrup he drives car among the cow on the ranch cowboy rounds up cattle with the car (doesn't read well). 01:36:42:00 B W 1960s 1959 MONARCH MARK II. "The car created for Canadians". Product shots of big wide car of the tailfin type snare-drum graphics. 01:37:44:00 B W 1960s KARMANN GHIA VOLKSWAGEN. Strange, moody commercial: sportscar driving at night, lights flashing - representing lightning? 01:38:48:00 B W 1960s 1959 CHEVROLET. Memorable commercial, told without sound, with good use of facial expressions. 1950s family at the car dealership: little girl and boy make faces at each other perky housewife examines car, its door won't shut properly CU, yucky kid station wagon drives down suburban street. 01:40:54:00 B W 1960s 1960 AC AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES. 1960 General Motors cars lined up in field: Corvair, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac also, animated diagrams and product shots. 01:42:48:00 B W 1960s MASSEY-FERGUSON TRACTORS. Lots of tractors driving in parade, some striking shots. 01:43:50:00 B W 1960s AC SPARK PLUGS. Good montage of trucks of different types car-carrier dumptruck moving truck.
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