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Bovril - Terry Wogan (1978) :30 (UK)

1978 Terry Wogan

Chanel n°5 - Catherine Deneuve / Co-operating (1978) :30 (France)

"Sometimes we are very co-operating, and sometimes we are very difficult"

U.S: Dept. of Health: "Parents of earth, are your children fully immunized?" print (1977) USA

"Parents of earth, are your children fully immunized?"

Olympus - Wedding Photographer / David Bailey (1977) :45 (UK)

So simple, anyone can use it.

Estrella - Björn Skifs / Eating chips for dinner (1977) :30 (Sweden)

Björn Skifs vill äta chips till middag!

Mjölk / Milk - The Lunch / Lasse Åberg (1977) :30 (Sweden)

Lasse Åberg drinks milk from a beer can at work.
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Revlon Charlie - Shelley Hack /Kinda young, kinda now (1977) :30 (USA)

"There's a fragrance that's here today, and they call it - CHARLIE!"

Parker Pens - Finishing School - (1976) 0:30 (UK)

"No no no Felicity, you can't possibly go shopping in Knightsbridge with one of these."

Parker Pens / Lady Pen - Finishing School - (1976) :30 (UK)

"No no no, Felicitym you couldn't possibly go shopping in Knightsbridge with one of those"

Faberge Shampoo - Farrah Fawcett Shampoo - (1976)

Farrah takes her bike for a ride (through the bridges of madison county?) and looks fabulous as always.

Green Cross Code road safety - Parked Cars (1975) :30 (UK)

Green Cross Code road safety ad Parked Cars from the 1970s by Ogilvy designed to educate kids on road safety.

The Green Cross code - Headquarters (1975) :30 (UK)

The Green Cross code headquarters! 

The Green cross code - "Green cross man - lesson in crossing" (1975) :50 (UK)

Yes, that's Dave Prowse best known for portraying "Darth Vader", here being the good guy helping children cross the street safely. 
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Poule au Pot - Magnus Härenstam / French (1975) (Sweden)

Poule au Pot 1975

Mrs. Butterworth - Kim Fields / Thick and Rich (1974) :30 (USA)

Long before she became "Tootsie" in "The facts of life", young and adorable Kim Fields had her small-screen acting debut in this M

Suntory - Sammy Davis Jr one minute ad lib (1974) :60 (Japan)

This is the sixty-second edit of Sammy Davis Jr scat singing about Suntory Whiskey.

Suntory Whisky - Sammy Davis Junior Wait! (1974) :30 (Japan)

Samuel George Davis Jr is given free rein to ad lib away as he shot an entire campaign for Suntory whisky.

Jane Hellen Shampo Color - Wash away the greys / Kjerstin Dellert (1974) :60 (Sweden)

Kjerstin Dellert möter sig själv i denna film.

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop - Patsy Kensit (1973) :15 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"!

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop / Patsy Kensit (1973) :30 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"

Harvey's Bristol Cream - Western Brothers - (1973) 0:45 (UK)

The Western Brothers were an English music hall and radio act, who were popular from the 1930s to the late 1950s, performing self-written topical song

Polaroid SX-70 - Laurence Olivier and a bowl of fruit (1973) (USA)

Laurence Olivier invites us to watch a beautiful performance where the cast of characters is a bowl of fruit.

Milk Marketing Board - "Pick Up A Pinta" James Bond Live & Let Die (1973) :60 (UK)

Ogilvy ad from 1973 for the NDC - James Bond Live & Let Die
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Liquid Prell Shampoo - Come to isle of green - (1973)

Could this ad be any trippier? With white-dressed fairy-like ladies seemingly floating above green water, and the voices then.
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Schick - Mustache Henry Winkler / The Fonz - (1973) 0:30 (USA)

Look, it's Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli with a mustache! His mother is played by Frances Sternhagen.

Spola Kröken - Grinden / The Gate (1973) (Sweden)

Janne “ Loffe” Carlsson is out jogging, "I feel like a king, I've dumped the booze"

Campbell's Soup - Cost of living got you down? / Dody Goodman (1972) (USA)

"Cost of living got you down?" asks the jingle.  "Prices are so high, I take a ladder to go shopping!" replies Dody Goodman.

Colombia Kaffe / Columbian Coffee - Rolf Björling & Gunnel Eklund (1972) 3:00 (Sweden)

In another episode of interesting and creative people, such as actors, and their taste for fine Colombian coffee, we find ourselves behind the stage o

Afri Cola - Buschbaby / Marsha Hunt - (1972) - 0:30 (Germany)

Charles Wilp directed the film actress and singer Marsha Hunt, well known for her bold 60s afro.

Bounty the Quick Picker Upper - Rosie The Waitress (1972) :30 (USA)

The lady who says "Come now Rosie".. Didn't we see her in The Sopranos later in her career? Livia Soprano played by Nancy Marchand?

Unigate Milkman - Now delivers bread - Television 1971, UK

In 1971 I’d just started at BMP as a junior copywriter. Unigate wanted to tell housewives that their milkmen now delivered bread.

Schweppes Tonic Water - Parrot (1971) :30 (UK)

Schweppes Tonic Water TV advert by O&M Parrot 1971

Alpha Bits: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

Jackson 5 make a cameo for alpha bits cereal, and their special prize inside: stuff to pimp your bicycle.

Sugar Crisp: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

The Jackson 5 sing their hit for an insanely edited commercial for Sugar Crisp cereal.

Ty-D-Bol - Improved plastic package - (1971)

TV pitchman Dan Resin gets a new boat!

British Chicken - Margaret Powell / Luxury food we can all afford (1971) :15 /UK)

O&M British Chicken ad from 1971 - starring Margaret Powell

Schweppes Slimline - Party - less than one calorie (1970) :30 (UK)

Schweppes Party TV ad from 1970 by Ogilvy & Mather

Mjölk / Milk - Body building / Armstärkaren (1970) :30 (Sweden)

Ramon Sylvan, the beefy guy on the left, was a Swedish actor, stuntman, bouncer, and athlete.

Band-Aid - A cut heals (Brooke Shields) - (1970) :30 (USA)

How to properly remove a band-aid, as demonstrated by a 5 year old Brooke Shields and her mom.

Monet - Patriotic charm bracelet, Maud Adams, Lauren Hutton 1970 print

Monet was selling jewellery for a moment with cheeky portraits of women that represented a new generation, a younger, fresher, different style.

Colombian coffee - Inga Gill and Karl-Arne Holmsten make coffee (1970) 3:00 (Sweden)

En kväll efter teatern hemma hos Inga Gill och Karl-Arne Holmsten.

Movie Star ruffly thing and Julie Numar Catwoman 1970

Julie Newmar catwoman Movie Star ruffly thing
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The Monkees - Head (film trailer) (1968)

Head is a 1968 adventure comedy film musical written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group The Monk

Noxzema - Covergirl Clean Make-Up - You Never Know (classic) - :30 (USA)

The cutest girl in high school, say isn't that someone famous?

Braniff Airlines - Andy Warhol & Sonny Liston - (1968) :30

Talkative Andy Warhol and gabby Sonny Lisyon fly Braniff. "When you've got it, flaunt it"
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Frank Zappa & Linda Ronstadt - Remington Electric Razor (1967) :60 (USA)

In 1967, we were living in New York, and I got a request from an advertising agency...So, Linda Ronstadt happened to be managed by Herb Cohen, who was

Chunky Dog Food - Nose - (1966) :30 (UK)

Sir Clement Raphael Freud was a British broadcaster, writer, politician, and chef. 

Chunky Dog Food - Gourmet - (1966) :40 (UK)

Clement Freud explains that today is the second anniversary of his operation, so he's prepared a gourmet meal for his best friend.

Schweppes - The secret of / Demolish / William - Franklyn (1965) :30 (UK)

William Franklyn strolls through a house that is in the process of being demolished while sharing the secret of SHH - you know who.
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Rolling Stones Rice Crispies ad from 1964 - Snap! Crackle! Beat!

Brian Jones co-wrote this jingle with the J. Walter Thompson ad agency in 1964.

Smirnoff SMIRNOFF...OR ELSE! / Tammy Grimes (1964) printad (USA)

TAMMY GRIMES, STAR OF THE BROADWAY HIT SHOW "HIGH SPIRITS"

Cape Fruit - Juicy Cape Pears / Tommy Cooper (1959) :30 (UK)

Tommy Cooper shills pears for Cape Fruit.

Egg - Tony Hancock and Patricia Hayes crossword puzzle (1957) :30 (UK)

"Go to work on an egg" Tony Hancock and Patricia Hayes try to solve a crossword puzzle, they argue over eggs vs eel and pig vs pie. 

Toy - Alice Babs - Ta Toy bli frisk i munnen / Sweden Norway border (1956) 2:30 (Sweden)

The fascinating thing about this ad is that Alice Babs sings and speaks in both Norwegian and Swedish.

Bris Soap - Bibi Andersson & Ingmar Bergman "Prinsessan och svinaherden" (1953) :90 (Sweden)

Some sites will erroneously call this Bibi Andersson's screen debut. They are wrong.
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Pepsi Cola - James Dean - (1950) :60 (USA)

James Dean in an ad!

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