- Title: COM-136
- Summary: TV COMMERCIALS: TV COMMERCIALS
- Description:01:00:00 - JACK-IN-THE-BOX FAST FOOD RESTAURANT (1980) OLD LADY DRIVER STOPS SHORT IN HER CAR. FAST FOOD WORKERS TAPING DYNAMITE TO JACK-IN-THE-BOX CHARACTER. CU NEW CHICKEN SUPREME SANDWICH. OLD LADY SITS IN CAR EATING SANDWICH SAYS "WASTE HIM". EXPLOSION AS JACK- IN-THE-BOX BLOWN TO BITS 01:00:43 - JACK-IN-THE-BOX FAST FOOD RESTAURANT (1981) "TESTIMONIAL-DALLAS COWBOYS (REV.1)" SPORTS CELEBRITY FOOTBALL PLAYER RANDY WHITE, D.D. LEWIS, TONY DORSETT OF DALLAS COWBOYS EAT FAST FOOD. BEEF & CHEESE SUPREME. 01:01:19 - BALLPARK FRANKS (1970s) CELEBRITY REDD FOXX ARGUES WITH HIMSELF ABOUT WHICH HOT DOG PUMPS MORE. 01:01:55 - BALLPARK FRANKS (1980s) WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF OTHER MEATS PLUMPED WHEN YOU COOK THEM. MAN AT GRILL SURPRISED AS HAMBURGER INFLATES, WOMAN WIDE-EYED WAS PORK CHOP IN OVEN PUFFS OUT. DINER CHEF CONFUSED AS STEAK GETS BIG THEN DEFLATES. LOOKS OF DISAPPOINTMENT AS MEATS SHRINKS. HOT DOGS COOKING ON GRILL 01:02:27 - BALLPARK FRANKS (1970s) BOY ASKS FATHER WHERE FRANKS COME FROM ALA BIRDS & BEES. DAD & LITTLE BOY COOKING HOT DOGS ON BBQ. FATHER TELLS BOY TO GO ASK YOUR MOTHER 01:03:03 - FORD GRANADA (1975) "PARKING LOT". FORD CONFUSED WITH A CADILLAC. PEOPLE LEAVE CHIC RESTAURANT. OLDER COUPLE MISTAKEN THEIR CADILLAC SEVILLE & FORD GRANADA. VW RABBIT PULLS UP. 01:03:36 - FORD FAIRMONT (1980s) "MANNEQUIN". MANNEQUIN SALESMAN PRAISES ROOMY CAR. MAN STANDS AMIDST NAKED MALE MANNEQUINS. PUTS BODY PARTS IN CAR & TRUNK. 01:04:11 - FORD GRANADA (1981) CELEBRITY PATRICK MCNEE COMPARES GRANADA TO FINE EUROPEAN CARS. RIDES IN CAR WHILE WOMAN DRIVES. CAR DRIVES THROUGH GATES OF RICH ESTATE 01:04:45 - FORD CARS (1982) CELEBRITY TELLY SAVALAS PITCHES FORD CARS: GRENADA, FAIRMONT, ESCORT, MUSTANG ON COMMERCIAL SET 01:05:21 - FORD MUSTANG (1965) "ATLAS". SURFER RUNS BY COUPLE & KICKS SAND IN THEIR FACE. CU GIRLFRIEND & BOYFRIEND LOOK SAD. BOYFRIEND LIFTING WEIGHTS, MIXING WEIRD CONCOCTIONS OF DRINK TO GET TOUGH ALA CHARLES ATLAS. "MUSTANGER" PUTS ON SUNGLASSES & LOOKS AT HIS COOL CAR. CU INTERIOR OF CAR AS MAN GETS IN. TURNS ON IGNITION. CU GEAR SHIFT. CU TIRE AS CAR DRIVES OFF THROUGH HILLS & DIRT ROAD. CU PUTTING FOOT DOWN ON POWER BRAKE PEDAL. MAN KISSES WOMAN IN CAR ON BEACH CLIFF. CAR PULLS OUT & KICKS DIRT IN FACE OF SURFER. MAN & WOMAN LAUGH AS THEY DRIVE AWAY. 01:06:24 - 1968 FORD MUSTANG PEOPLE WITH MUSTANGS GET NEW PERSONALITY & LOOKS: BORING MIDDLE-AGED COUPLE GET KEYS TO NEW CAR FROM DEALER. ACT CALM & COLLECTED THEN RUN OUT OF THE SHOWROOM TO NEW CAR. BORING HOUSEWIFE LOOKS AROUND AS SHE GETS INTO CAR SUDDENLY BECOMES YOUNG & HIP WHEN DRIVING HER MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE. GROOVY GIRL SITTING IN CAR LOOKS BORED AS HE FOOTBALL PLAYER BOYFRIEND TALKS TO HER. SNUBS FOOTBALL PLAYER & CHOOSES NERD BECAUSE OF HIS CAR. CU PUTTING GEAR SHIFT INTO DRIVE. CAR PULLS AWAY LEAVING JOCK IN THE DUST. CU TURNING ON CAR RADIO. SPORTY MUSTANG DRIVES ON ROAD. 01:08:02 - WOMAN IN MUSTANG AS COLLEGE GUYS WAX HER CAR. YOUNG CHAUFFEUR SMOKING CIGARETTE WAITS AROUND. BUSINESSMAN & CHAUFFEUR RUN TO CAR TO BE THE FIRST TO DRIVE. MAN DEMANDS KEYS. HOUSEWIFE DRIVING DOWN SUBURBAN STREET. COLLEGE GUYS ON CORNER GIVING HER LOOKS. FLIRTY YOUNG MEN MAKE HOUSEWIFE ALL FLUSTERED. BALD MAN LEAVES GOVERNMENT BUILDING & GETS INTO CONVERTIBLE WITHOUT OPENING DOOR. EGO-BOOST. SEX APPEAL. 01:09:27 - FORD PINTO PONY (1976) PINTO IS THE SMALL CAR WITH LOTS OF ROOM. TINY CAR ON HIGHWAY THAT ALMOST GETS RUN OVER BY BIG CARS. RED CAR GOES UP HILL & PASSES TRACTOR TRAILER. 01:10:33 - 1959 FORD GALAXIE (B&W) ANIMATED MAN PLAYS TRUMPET TO HERALD NEW FORD GALAXIE MAN DRIVES FORD GALAXIE ON GOLF COURSE 01:11:40 - FORD FIESTA (1978) TEST DRIVERS RUN CAR THRU LAPS ON TEST TRACK. CARS BUST THROUGH MAP OF EUROPE 01:12:17 - FORD PINTO (1975) 1911 RECREATION OF FORD PUBLICITY STUNT OF DRVING MODEL-T DRIVE UP STEPS OF BUILDING TO DISPLAY RUGGEDNESS. FORD PINTO ROAD TEST: LAB TECHNICIANS IN VAN HOOKED UP TO CAR READING SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. CU OSCILLOSCOPE. CU TIRES DRIVING INTO DEEP MUDDY HOLES. GOING THROUGH TRAFFIC CONES, BRAKE TESTS, IN CAR WASH. PINTO DRIVES UP STEPS OF BUILDING 01:13:25 - FORD PINTO (1974) MILLION PINTOS ON THE ROAD AFTER 3 YEARS. MODEL-A FORD CAR MOTORCADE ON HILLY ROAD. FORD PINTO MOTORCADE. "WHEN YOU GET BACK TO BASICS, YOU GET BACK TO FORD" 01:14:28 - FORD PINTO (1974) BASIC VALUE. SPLIT SCREEN COMPARISON OF MODEL-A & PINTO. PINTO DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. PULLS UP TO LAKE 01:15:33 - FORD MUSTANG (1980s) MUSIC CELEBRITY THE FOUR TOPS SING FORD JINGLE IN RECORDING STUDIO. MONTAGE IMAGES FROM MUSTANG COMMERCIALS FROM 1965-1980s. CU KEY IGNITION, BUCKLING SEATBELT, PUTTING CAR IN GEAR, LETTING TOP DOWN 01:16:39 - FORD MUSTANG (1964) FORD DRIVES ALONGSIDE & PASSING WILD MUSTANG HORSES RUNNING. CU DETAILS OF INTERIOR: BUCKET SEATS, PLUSH CARPET, STEERING WHEEL & DASHBOARD, TIRE, AIR- CONDITIONING. KIDS GETTING INTO BACK SEAT OF TWO-DOOR CAR BY FOLDING FRONT SEAT DOWN. FAMILY GETS INTO CAR IN PAINTED DESERT. MUSTANG PULLS UP TO HOTEL. CU 3-SPEED CRUISE-A-MATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT. WINNER OF TIFFANY GOLD MEDAL AWARD 1964. PRICED AT $2,368. RED CONVERTIBLE DRIVES ON DESERT ROAD 01:17:44 - FORD MUSTANG (1964) WHITE HARD-TOP MUSTANG. TIFFANY & CO. DIAMOND JEWELRY. TIFFANY GOLD MEDAL AWARD 01:18:50 - FORD MUSTANG (1964) TWO COUPLES RIDING IN SKYCAR SEE FORD PAVILION AT 1964 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. MONTAGE IMAGES OF FAIR: RIDING UP ELEVATOR, UNISPHERE, LOOKING OUT WITH BINOCULAR VIEWING MACHINE. COUPLES GET OFF TRAM & RUN TOWARD FORD PAVILION. MUSTANG ON TURNTABLE: "THE CAR THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF". CU DETAILS OF CAR EXTERIOR. CU DETAILS STEERING WHEEL WITH MUSTANG LOGO, CU STEEPING ON POWER BRAKE PEDAL. CU TIRE AS CAR DRIVES ON DIRT ROAD IN DESERT. 01:19:55 - BURGER KING (1982) "H-SLEEP". PRE-CELEBRITY EMMANUEL LEWIS TALKS ABOUT WHOPPER AS DAD SLEEPS ON COUCH. CU HAMBURGER COOKING ON GRILL. FRESH TOPPINGS: CHEESE, TOMATO, LETTUCE, ONIONS. MAKING BURGER 01:20:32 - JORDACHE JEANS (1980s) "WHIRLING GIRL". WOMAN IN BAR ATTRACTED TO MAN IN DESIGNER JEANS. MODEL STRIKES POSES IN PHOTO SHOOT. CLASSIC COMMERCIAL 01:21:07 - JORDACHE JEANS (1980s) "FASHION BOTTOMS". WOMAN WALKING IN FIELD WITH BASKET. MAN WALKS ON DOCK. ROMANTIC COUPLE RUN TOWARDS EACH OTHER & HUG. HAVE PICNIC ON DOCK. 01:21:40 - JORDACHE STONE WASHED DENIM JEANS (1980s) "TRAIN". MAN WAITING FOR TRAIN AT STATION DECIDES TO STAY WITH WOMAN. WOMAN PACING ANGRILY AS MAN REMEMBERS THE GOOD TIMES ROMANTIC IMAGES: FISHING IN BOAT, CAMPFIRE AT DUSK ON BEACH. COUPLE FIGHT ON SPORTS BLEACHERS. WOMAN WALKS AWAY AS TRAIN ARRIVES. MAN GETS ON TRAIN WITH LOOK OF REGRET. STANDING BEHIND TRAIN AS IT PULLS AWAY & SHRUGS. COUPLE RUN TOWARD EACH OTHER. 1980s FASHION FAD 01:22:16 - CHIC DESIGNER JEANS (1980s) "SHAPES". CHIC JEANS FIT ALL SHAPES. CU WOMEN'S BUTTS IN JEANS 01:22:52 - CHIC DESIGNER JEANS (1983) "CORDUROY". WOMAN DRESSED AS PAINTER SHOWS DIFFERENT COLORS OF CORDS. SPLASHING PAINT AROUND FROM CANS. FREE MATCHING CHIC CORDUROY CARRYALL WITH PURCHASE. 01:23:28 - CHIC JEANS (1980s) "2 WOMEN-NETWORK". PRE-CELEBRITY TANYA ROBERTS (?) AVAILABLE IN 27 DIFFERENT SIZES. CLASSIC COMMERCIAL 01:24:05 - ISUZU CAR (1981) "GESUNDHIET". PEOPLE HAVE HARD TIME PRONOUNCING NAME OF FOREIGN CAR IN DEALERSHIP. JAPANESE CAR SALESMAN. "THE ADVANCED CAR WITH BACKWARD NAME". 01:24:37 - ISUZU (1983) "CHEVORAY". MAN CAN'T PRONOUNCE NAME. JAPANESE SALESMAN TRIES TO HELP HIM 01:25:05 - ISUZU EYEMARK (1980s) "ROLLOVER". LUMBERJACK MAN HATES NEW CAR, LIFTS IT UP & TURNS IT OVER WITH HIS BARE HANDS. OLDER COUPLE WATCHES IN AMAZEMENT. HAPPY ISUZU OWNERS: PRIEST WIPES HOOD, HOUSEWIFE LOVINGLY CARESSES SEAT, MAN WASHING CAR ("WHO LOVES YOU BABY" KOJAK REFERENCE). "DRIVING INTO YOUR FUTURE" 01:25:33 - ISUZU EYEMARK (1980s) "CAR HATERS". PEOPLE WHO HATE THEIR CARS DESTROY THEM: MAN ATTACKS HIS ENGINE PULLING OUT PART, HOUSEWIFE CLOSES CAR DOOR WHICH FALLS OFF, MAN PUNCHES HOOD OF CAR WHILE IN GARAGE & TOTALLY SMASHES IT. WOMAN SINGS TO HER CAR "I LOVE YOU". 01:25:59 - ISUZU IMPULSE (1980s) "REFLECTIONS REV". CAR SHOWN AGAINST FANTASY BACKDROP OF CLOUDS. "LIVE THE DREAM, FOLLOW YOUR IMPULSE" 01:26:35 - UNDERWOOD DEVILED HAM (1980s) ANIMATED DEVIL ID CHARACTER. CU NASTY CANNED FOOD PRODUCT SPREAD ON BREAD. COOKED HAM DISPLAYED WITH SPICES. PLATE FULL OF SANDWICHES. HORS D'OEUVRES ON CRACKERS. "GIVE 'EM THE DEVIL" 01:27:06 - B&M BAKED BEANS (1980s) CU BAKED BEANS. CUT IN HALF WITH FORK. BEANS BAKING IN BRICK OVEN. PLATE OF BEANS & HOT DOGS. WOMAN EATS BEANS & SMILES 01:27:45 - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HEARING& SPEECH ACTION PSA WITH ANIMATED ELEPHANT AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE HE CAN'T HEAR. FEMALE LION DOCTOR GETS ON STEP-LADDER TO CLEAN HIS EARS. LOTS OF FRUIT FALLS OUT. NAHSA 01:28:21 - DEL TACO RESTAURANT (1983) "OFFICE". WORKERS LEAVE FOR LUNCH, "SAME PLACE SAME THING". BORING OFFICE MEETING ABOUT BOXES. GROUP OF MEN WALK TOGETHER, CREATURES OF HABIT IN A RUT. BOX WAREHOUSE. MEXICAN FOOT 01:28:54 - DEL TACO RESTAURANT (1983) "SCHOOL". STUDENTS LEAVE FOR LUNCH. "SAME PLACE, SAME THING". POV INSIDE SCHOOL LOCKERS AS STUDENTS OPEN THEM & DISCUSS LUNCH. CU TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNS RED
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: COM-136