1971 commercials

Commercials from 1971, from the Nixon Presidential Materials at NARA. Ads for The New York Times, Harry Jacobson Clothes, Arco, True cigarettes, Motorola TVs, Ragu, and United Airlines.

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Entertainment

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• 1971
• commercials

[fromthesidelines]

These commercials were actually seen during 1970. Sinclair vanished, after they merged with Atlantic/Richfield to become "ARCO" (which is now part of "BP"). The True ad was among the last to be shown, before the ban on cigarette advertising began on January 2, 1971. Raquel's special ("Raquel!"), co-sponsored by Motorola, aired April 26, 1970 on CBS. Enzo Stuarti also recorded an album for Ragu {mail a dollar to them, and get his album, "That's a Nice"}.

[quadvideotape]

@fromthesidelines You (and JAldredge86) are right, of course. I took the date from the Nixon Presidential Materials records--it's cataloged as "Rick Potter Demo" and was received by the White House Communications Agency in January 1971--so obviously these were 1970 ads. Should have caught that!

[JAldridge86]

Are you sure this isn't 1970? As cigarette commercials were banned on television as of January 2, 1971.

[musicom67]

:47 My guess to this scene is that this is the remains of the old Pennsylvania Station, razed in the mid-1960's - and dumped in the Meadowlands swamp across the river in New Jersey. Any locals know if any of these 'remains' remain?

[DogFather0808]

Very high quality video. Well-preserved! I smoked True Blues for 13 years. Had a Quasar TV like that, too!

[OsbornTramain]

WOW, Ragu with Enzo Stuartie.......I remember those commercials!!!!

[newloosemoose]

Great stuff...love these little reminders about our past.

[swankrecords]

now there's a man you can trust

[analyzingfunny]

very interesting