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21. General Electric "Men Helping Man" (01:30)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
General Electric
Summary:
An advertisement for General Electric in which actor and Native American chief Dan George talks about the significance of Lake Tahoe to his people. An offscreen male narrator discusses how General Electric's sewage treatment systems allow Lake Tahoe to remain one of the cleanest lakes in the world. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

22. General Motors "GM Is Doing It" (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
General Motors
Summary:
An advertisement for General Motors in which a male narrator describes the company's initiative in designing a windshield that can withstand the impact of stones. Two test drives, first with a regular windshield and the second with GM's more damage-resistant windshield, are demonstrated, and the narrator argues that the new windshields are further proof that GM cares about keeping consumer repair costs down. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

23. Glass Container Manufacturers Institute "Make Love, Not Litter" (01:00)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Summary:
A public service announcement from the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute in which a young man and woman leave various forms of litter around a city as they have fun on a date. An offscreen male narrator implores the viewer on behalf of glass manufacturers to "make love, not litter" and "keep America beautiful." Submitted for the Clio Awards.

24. Glass Container Manufacturers Institute "PSA" (01:03)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Summary:
A public service announcement from the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute in which an offscreen narrator describes the steps for how recycled glass is processed and formed into new products over shots from a recycling plant and an automated bottling assembly line. The narrator tells the viewer that the bottle they used last week may form part of the future bottle they will use next week. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

25. GT&E "Billboard" (02:00)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
GT&E
Summary:
An advertisement for General Telephone and Electronics by which a narrator describes the work of Sylvania Lighting while a rapid succession of shots play displaying various ways the products are used.

26. Hood : pick up a different flavor today! (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Hood Ice Cream
Summary:
An advertisement for Hood Ice Cream in which a boy enters an ice cream parlor and chooses vanilla, and when the attendant tells him about all the flavors available the boy is shown with a dish containing them all.

27. Illinois Department of Public Health "End Measles" (01:06)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Illinois Department of Public Health
Summary:
A public service announcement for the Illinois Department of Public Health in which a mother in the "old days" drags her son to a quarantined measles home so that he can catch the virus and "get it over with." An offscreen male narrator describes how the measles vaccination makes such practices unnecessary, and the boy is shown receiving his vaccine at a doctor's office. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

28. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company [unknown title] (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Summary:
An advertisement for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company featuring a blind man who describes his experience working as an administrative director at the company. An offscreen male narrator discusses how the John Hancock company employs over 500 employees with some form of disability. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

29. Knudsen Ice Cream "Ice Cream Parlor (30 second)" (00:31)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a man waits in a long line at a specialty ice cream parlor, and a narrator says that Knudsen has the same taste and added convenience of being available at the grocery store.

30. Knudsen ice cream : childhood (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a narrator describes the product in nostalgic terms over scenes of children playing.

31. Knudsen ice cream : ice cream parlor (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a man waits in a long line at a specialty ice cream parlor, and a narrator says that Knudsen has the same taste and added convenience of being available at the grocery store.

32. Knudsen ice cream : it tastes hand packed (01:00)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Knudsen
Summary:
An advertisement for Knudsen Ice Cream in which a boy runs to the grocery store to buy the product quickly, and shows the carton to a line of people waiting for ice cream from a specialty parlor.

34. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information "PSA" (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information
Summary:
A public service announcement from the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information in which an offscreen chorus sings a modified version of the children's rhyme "Ten Little Indians" over scenes of people suffering and overdosing from illicit drug use. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

35. New York City Department of Health "Starve a Rat Today" (01:00)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
New York City Department of Health
Summary:
A public service announcement from the New York City Department of Health in which a rat is shown burrowing its way underneath a scene of children playing outside as ominous music plays. An offscreen male narrator encourages viewers to cut off rats' food sources by disposing of garbage in a lidded trash can. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

36. Olympia Beer "Water" (01:03)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Olympia Brewing Company
Summary:
An advertisement for Olympia Beer in which a narrator discusses the water in Tumwater, Washington, which makes the product taste the way it does.

37. Opportunities Industrialization Center [unknown title] (02:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Summary:
A public service announcement for the Opportunities Industrialization Center's (OIC) adult education programs in which a Black man from New York recounts his difficulties finding and sustaining a job until OIC taught him a useful trade. The man addresses the camera about the importance of learning a skill to make it in the world. Submitted for the Clio Awards.

38. Sealtest : double strawberry ice cream (00:20)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Sealtest
Summary:
An advertisement for Sealtest Double Strawberry ice cream in which animated children play like they are in the army and move to find the product.