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A father wakes up and trips over a toy horse. He walks into the room and find his wife applying baby cream to their daughter. The wife explains to him why she is applying the cream and the father reflect on how fast his daughter is growing.
A man face is labeled a 9 for being the toughest kind of face to shave and requiring a person to set the setting on a Gillette Adjustable Razor to 9. However, with the new Gillette razorblade he can get a clean shave on a lower setting.
Horizontal lines come from the top and bottom of the screen in different sizes and overlap together as a male and female sung jingle starts to play. The end of each phrase is Valiant. An announcer talks about how the car's small size will help with parking, gas bills, and driving on corners. Also due to the build the car itself will be a smoother ride. The car has a specific sign that indicates its a Valiant which is displayed in the ad, Valiant also appears on screen several times. In different bits of animation the word Valiant is a stand in for the car, and we never see what the car looks like.
A man walks through a field and encounters early 1900s whacky inventions such as homemade glider and bathtub raft. The man gets in the bathtub raft and washes his hair with Resdan. Throughout the commercial a jingle is sung about how Resdan removes dandruff.
A salesman tells the audience the result of competition amongst supermarket has cause Wrigley to sell Green Giant cans at the low price of 9 cents. He concludes by saying the consumer is the real winner in this price war.
A man sneezes when animals, dust, and ragweed are presented before him. A spokesman diagnoses the man with allergies and encourages the man and the audience to take Allerest to alleviate their allergies.
Dr. Ray Koppelman, University of Chicago, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Summary:
Diversity of life resulting from evolution: recognition and treatment of diversity –definitions and taxonomic approaches; results of diversity in the plant kingdom; results of diversity in the animal kingdom, with particular emphasis on the evolution of man; diversity in time –divergence, convergence, extinction, the fossil record diversity in space –ecological relations in a habitat.
Presents the biography of Thornton Wilder by tracing his life and family background. Provides excerpts from his speeches and quotations from his writings and film clips. Analyzes, for their social meanings, the themes of several of his works.
A city is full of men with the same face. A narrator states that in a city like this people would only need one razor however in the real-world men need different razors sizes. The narrator then goes on to explain how the Remington Safety Razor is designed to be flexible and used in any shaving situation.
In a commercial for Lux soap a narrator voices the thoughts of a couple as they embrace. The narrator states how the woman eased her worries about her appearance by using Lux soap. The commercial concludes with the couple kissing.
A mother chastises her daughter for not having Right Guard deodorant in her house. The daughter corrects her mother by showing her the new Decorated Right Guard she has in her medicine cabinet.
Two girls have a bragging contest between each other. When one girl brags about all the diseases she had the other girl respond by stating she has cerebral palsy.
Warning: This film contains nudity and close up images of corpses.
Focuses on Brazilian explorers Orlando and Claudio Villas Boas who, with the aid of the disc-lipped Tchukahmei, search the Amazon jungle from the air and ground for the Kreen-Akrore Indians, a group which has previously killed on sight. Explains that the objective is to bring the Kreen-Akrore to the 8,500 square mile Xingu National Park where Indian culture and economy survive. Records similar efforts to save other Amazon tribes.
As a girl helps her mother wash her baby sister with Ivory Soap, she asks her mother why she has to use Ivory Soap if it is meant for babies. The mother replies that Ivory Soap helps women keep their skin looking young no matter what age they are.
Cups of strawberries, oranges, and cherries are shown before being replaced with cups full of strawberries, oranges, and cherry flavored Jell-O. The narrator then states this is how close you can get to a perfect replacement for the real thing.
Renault Dauphine "Alarm (20 sec)" - A cartoon wakes up to an alarm gets dressed and ready for work. Goes down the stairs and kisses his children and wife before zooming off in a car. She tells the audience he's been this way since they got the Renault Dauphine. We end with him zooming further away in his car. They have a moderated version of Orpheus's Cancan in the background of the ad.
Renault Dauphine "Alarm (60 sec)" - A man in a classic suit with tales smokes a cigar as he walks around and shows the features of the car while a woman also shows the front trunk off. He demonstrates the country versus city horn and shows the sun roof as well as engine in the back.
Danny Thomas reflects on his positive experience as a kid attending a Boys’ Club and urge the viewers to remember the time they spent as kids at a Boys’ Club and support the next generation kids by supporting a Boys’ Club.
A narrator list all of the services United Way provides such as daycare for children and the elderly, family counseling, health services, recreation services, and keeping kids off the street. The narrator concludes by asking for a donation.
A narrator explains that Desert Dri Deodorant is the best deodorant for women and provides 24 hour sweat protection. As the narrator speaks a woman models the deodorant.
A narrator states that if you live in a place that gets very hot you need Fresh deodorant. As the narrator talks, footage is shown of people sweating in the heat.
Through animated drawings explains the principles of recording and reproducing sound on film. Through demonstrations reveals the functions of the microphone and the light valve and shows how the motion picture projector reproduces sound from a sound track. An instructional sound film.
A bull walks through a China-Ceramic store. As the bull rampages through the store the Centura dishes did not break when the bull knocked them over or walked on them.
We see each decade of Buick car with the same man driving it who has a period-specific suit and facial hair to fit the car. The announcer talks about how each period had a specific use and innovation to the time. All cars are driving together staggered from oldest to newest in the desert. Then the new Buick car drives in front of all of them with the other cars driving all together in a straight line behind. As the driver talks about the greatness of the new car his double appears riding on the top part of the backseat and adds a note about the car too. Both of them wave to the camera.
As a woman talks on the phone a rat sneaks into a garbage pile by using a telephone wire. An announcer warns the viewers that the only way to stop a rat is to use a garbage can with a lid.
A narrator informs the audience that the future of America is tied to the development of computers. The narrator proclaims the computer as a thinking factory that will lead to new developments and improvements in society. These developments in technology comes at the cost of more research and education.
Compares the daily activities of four elementary teachers from Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Presents facts about each teacher's personality, classroom techniques, facilities available for use in the classroom, student-teacher relationships, salaries, home life, status in the community, and the importance of education in each of the countries. Between sequences, discussion of pertinent problems in education is carried on by a Montreal teacher, Glenna Reid; a Toronto professor, John R. Seeley; and the film's producer-commentator, Gordon Burwash.
Chevrolet "Chevy Builds Right" - A couple talk to a salesman about picking up their new Chevrolet tomorrow. There are pictures above them in the hallway they walk past and one man in a picture comes to life and begins telling us about the car's new features. He is still the same size he was in the picture as he jump and walks around on the Chevrolet. He's now out of his picture and hanging on the edge of another one that has also come to life. It contains a woman driving her Chevrolet car. As the ad ends applause begins from an off-screen audience.
Frontenac Mercury "Dancers" - The screen is fully black except for a car that appears to be floating lengthwise in the top portion of the screen. Two dancer appear below and they have a synchronized dance they perform. A female vocal jingle accompanies the ad. We see several different shots of the car. Another car appears facing forward next to the couple as they continue to dance and draw attention to the cars with their arms displaying it. A male announcer talks about the Canadian car and its low cost.
An advertisement for Cracker Jack snack food that depicts two people in a train sleeper car, who can't see one another, passing "The Big Pass Around Pack" across the hall. A male passenger who is walking down the hall notices this and becomes a fortuitous intermediary between the two people sharing the product and he indulges himself with the snack as well. The scene ends with a close-up of the Cracker Jack logo.
An entire college fraternity is given Remington Electric Shavers. The entire fraternity begins to shave with the electric shaver and the narrator states that only five members wanted to go back to using a razor blade.
Demonstrates the successful rehabilitation of mental health patients in Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. Explains that they are given tokens for rewards, trained in sheltered workshops, and finally re-established in the outside world. Shows examples of last-phase patients operating their own gas station and renovating a home where other released patients will live. Points out that an ex-patient serves as an advisor for newly released patients.
A couple in stop motion photo stills do a routine as they talk about looking for the right car for them. They have very expressive faces as they go through the process of describing their likes and dislikes in cars. They talk about how the '59 Ford is perfect for them. The Ford displayed is purple and white in the ad. They sing a duet to tell their story with instrumental music accompanying them.
In this French commercial, a group of men fail to protect the Krema candy from a herd of children in a grocery store. Later a boy taking pity shares some of his candy with the defeated men.
Wine bottles with Alcoa’s pilfer proof caps are open at a dinner, beach, train, and ski resort. A narrator explains how the caps keeps the beverages fresh for consumption.
