Start Over Date 1977

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

Date:
19XX
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 regu...

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

Date:
19XX
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 ma...

153. Stag Beer "Operation Payback" (00:29)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Carling Brewing Company
Summary:
A public service announcement from Stag beer in which a group of elderly women collect and crush aluminum cans, while an offscreen male narrator describes how the company will pay one-half cent per...

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

Date:
19XX
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 d...

155. Shell "We're Trying to Make Things Better" (01:02)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Shell
Summary:
An advertisement for Shell Oil in which a researcher stands in a body of water and demonstrates some of the company's methods for oil spill containment and clean-up. The researcher and an offscreen...

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

Date:
19XX
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 j...

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

Date:
19XX
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 ov...

158. Nelson Poynter #2 Dub #5 (1:02:21)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Poynter Center
Summary:
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics & American Institutions was an endowed ethics research center established in 1972 at Indiana University Bloomington. Through its programming, the Poynter ...

159. Heinz : salads (00:35)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Heinz
Summary:
An advertisement for Heinz canned salad products in which vegetables are chopped in close-up to an upbeat musical theme. Submitted for the Clio Awards International category.

165. Arco & Sinclair "PSA" (01:01)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Atlantic Richfield Company; Sinclair Oil
Summary:
A public service announcement from the Atlantic Richfield oil company (ARCO) announcing their acquisition of Sinclair Oil and phasing out of Sinclair's dinosaur logo. The ad features an animation o...

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

Date:
19XX
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 ...

167. Bugles "Supermarket" (01:11)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
Bugles
Summary:
An advertisement for Bugles snack food in which a narrator describes the plot by potato chips to keep Bugles away from consumers in the supermarket.

168. Woolco Department Store "Family" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Woolco Department Store
Summary:
A family has a blast as they test out products at the various departments in Woolco. A Woolco theme song plays in the background.

169. Toys R Us "Time of Year" (00:31)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Toys R Us
Summary:
A cartoon family of giraffes drive to a Toy R Us amongst a Christmas winter landscape. A Christmas jingle plays in the background.

170. American Cancer Society [unknown title] (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
American Cancer Society
Summary:
A public service announcement from the American Cancer Society in which a man buying cigarettes from a vending machine is juxtaposed with shots of casino games, rolling dice, and a horse race. The ...

171. 4711 Original Eau de Cologne "Untitled" (01:00)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Maurer & Wirtz
Summary:
An advertisement for 4711 Original Eau de Cologne in which a jingle plays over various scenes of people biking, picnicking, sitting at cafes, and doing office work. Submitted for the Clio Awards In...

172. American Cancer Society, New York Division "PSA" (00:59)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
American Cancer Society, New York Division
Summary:
A public service announcement from the American Cancer Society in which a woman takes a shower while an offscreen female narrator urges viewers to give themselves a monthly breast self-examination....

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

Date:
19XX
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 scen...

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

Date:
19XX
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 offscre...

175. Zales Jewelry "Space" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Zales Jewelry
Summary:
The ring of Saturn is made up of floating diamond rings in a commercial for Zales Jewelry.

176. Sears Jeans : quarry (00:34)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Sears
Summary:
Women and men pose in a quarry as Rodin's "The Thinker" statue. They ponder the quality of Sears' jeans.

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

Date:
19XX
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 availa...

178. Master weavers of the Andes (14:57)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Peter Pilafian; Cineco, Inc.; David Ossman
Summary:
Examines the craft of weaving as practiced by the Quechua Indians in Peru. Points out that the processes of spinning and weaving are practiced as they have been for centuries.

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

Date:
19XX
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.

181. Univ. Heritage Comm. (45:39)

Date:
September 6, 1977
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
The Herman B Wells papers includes materials pertaining to Wells' family and personal finances, his activities in the banking profession, his work in Germany for the United States government after ...

182. HHH - May not Work (47:45)

Date:
May 3, 1977
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
The Herman B Wells papers includes materials pertaining to Wells' family and personal finances, his activities in the banking profession, his work in Germany for the United States government after ...

183. Being Lucky: Vignettes on RC #1 (1:01:15)

Date:
November 28, 1977
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
The Herman B Wells papers includes materials pertaining to Wells' family and personal finances, his activities in the banking profession, his work in Germany for the United States government after ...

184. G. Fox and Co. Department Store "Levis" (00:31)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
G. Fox and Co. Department Store
Summary:
Instead stocking the shelves, Arnold tries on the new Levi Panatela suits. Arnold is then caught in the act when his manager returns.

185. Tuxedo Junction "Wedding" (00:33)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Tuxedo Junction
Summary:
A klutzy nervous best man spills coffee on his tuxedo moments before the wedding. Tuxedo Junction was able to bring a replacement tuxedo before the wedding started.

186. Saxon Paint & Home Care Center "Dynamite" (00:34)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Saxon Paint & Home Care Center
Summary:
A young couple, a middle age woman, and a wealthy couple all enjoyed the new Saxon wall paper they had put up in their homes.

187. Kinney Shoes "Big Difference" (00:34)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Kinney Shoes
Summary:
The commercial focus on all the professional workers that make Kinney a great shoe store, from production line workers to sale representatives.

191. Zales Jewelry "Snow" (00:31)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Zales Jewelry
Summary:
A Christmas commercial where diamond jewelry decorates a snowy landscape.

192. Dayton's Department Store "Scrooge" (00:36)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Dayton's
Summary:
A ghost confronts Scrooge asking why he hasn't bought anything for himself at Dayton's after Christmas sale. A greedy Scrooge rejoice at the thought of saving so much money.

193. Louis Department Store "Airport" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Louis Department Store
Summary:
After asking what brings a man to Louis Department Store, the commercial shows airplanes bringing in customers from around the world.

194. Dayton's Department Store "Credit Card" (00:15)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Dayton's
Summary:
The Dayton's Department Store credit card is the most valuable credit card a person can own since its the only card accepted at Dayton's.

196. G. Fox and Co. Department Store [unknown title] (01:02)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
G. Fox and Co. Department Store
Summary:
A sales clerk speaking like a Dr. Seuss character reveals all the products available at G. Fox & Co. for Christmas. Then everybody in the store rushes outside to wave goodbye to Santa who had been ...

197. Fay's Drug "For Here & Here" (00:33)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Fay's Drug
Summary:
A woman states that she only shops from stores that know their products and that why she shops at Fay's for vitamins.

198. Fay's Drugs "Soliloquy" (00:33)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Fay's Drugs
Summary:
A woman celebrates a day where she remembers a loved one. The woman then receives a box of chocolate and a card that were purchased at Fay's.

199. Fay's Drugs "Cosmetics" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Fay's Drugs
Summary:
A woman puts on makeup as she states that all of her cosmetics were purchased at Fay's for a good price.

200. Bloomingdale's "Fragrance Tag" (00:09)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Bloomingdale's
Summary:
Color is gradually added to a black and white drawing of a woman's face in an advertisement for Bloomingdale's fragrance.