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04/21/2026

MOTORCYCLE GRANNIES PREFER SALADA TEA! In honor of National Tea Day, FILM Archives goes back to 1970 for this classic SALADA TEA Commercial. Clever spot starts out looking like a scene from THE WILD ONE, with a black helmeted, leather jacketed motorcycle gang racing through the roads and coming to stop at a rural diner. But rather than make trouble, all these grey haired riders want is a nice cup of tea! Lots of familiar faces here for those up on their 1970s grandmotherly character actors.

04/15/2026

In honor of National Laundry Day, FILM Archives goes back to the sensational sixties for this all singing musical commerical introducing Bold Detergent. Commercial stars ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW regulars Maggie Peterson & Jackie Joseph as neighboring housewives. In Broadway fashion, the pair sing a duet praising the cleaning power of BOLD! They don't make commercials like this anymore.

04/10/2026

In honor of Golfer's Day, FILM Archives goes back to 1954 when top baseball players of the day hit the golf course for their own Championship tournament. Here, star players Freddy Hutchinson, Lou Kretlow, Yankee legend Phil Rizzuto, Eddie Lopat, Alvin Dark, Heine Manush, Allie Reynolds and Yogi Berra show they are a lot more skillful on the baseball diamond than the putting green.

04/02/2026

In honor of Easter Sunday, FILM Archives goes back to 1920 for a view of New York's Easter Parade. Here, paraders seek out the best flowers for thier holiday hats. Once selected, it's time to show off with a stroll down a very crowded Fifth Avenue with all the upper crust of the City including John D. Rockefeller Jr. So. Happy Easter to everyone.

03/31/2026

In honor of Dance Marathon Day, FILM Archives presents this 1930s footage of a depression era Marathon Dance competition. In contrast to the humorous narration, Marathon Dances were serious events where desparate couples would dance for days (and fight total life risking exhuastion) to win a small cash prize. The event was well depicted in the film THE SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY.

03/17/2026

In honor of St Patrick's Day, FILM Archives goes back to the 1930s with the vintage newsreel of people visiting Blarney Castle in Ireland. Here, a young colleen is instructed on the proper (and seemingly dangerous) manner of earning some good luck the hard way by kissing the Blarney Stone.

03/04/2026

In honor of National Pound Cake Day, FILM Archives presents this rarely seen animated TV commercial from the 1970s. Nicely animated Arnold Desert Cake advertisement features a rather good impersonaltion of Boris Karloff as the voice of caloric and fattening frosting. Here the Karloof Kream Kreation tells the female dieter that thet fun way to lose weight is by enjoying Arnold Desert Cake - basically pound cake without icing. When pound cake is considered diet food, no wonder everyone loved the swingin' seventies.

02/26/2026

In Honor of Natioal Toast Day, FILM Archives goes back to the sensational seventies for this pair of vintage Proctor-Silex Toaster Oven Commercial starring the lovely Barbara Britton. Here Barbara demonstrates a true innovation, a toaster oven that has a pop up toast feature just like an actual toaster. Now that's American ingenuity for you.

02/26/2026

In honor of National Toast Day, FILM Archives goes back to the sensational seventies for this pair of vintage Proctor-Silex Toaster Oven Commercial starring the lovely Barbara Britton. Here Barbara demonstrates a true innovation, a toaster oven that has a pop up toast feature just like an actual toaster. Now that's American ingenuity for you.

01/28/2026

FILM Archives goes back to 1975 for this early LEGO commercial from the United Kindgom. Here the versatility of Legos are shown by an ever changing series of animals and vehicles from a small mouse to a giant elephant. Highlighted by fast moving time lapse constuction, commercial ends with the tag line "It's a new toy Everyday."

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