Classic YouTube Videos, Movie Trailers, TV Commercials

Pure, mild Ivory. Ivory isn't just for the baby- you can use it to wash dishes, too! As the commercial says, "More doctors advise Ivory for the skin than any other soap". After a week of washing ...

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This classic commercial for the Oldsmobile "Sixty" B-44 announces that it is a "special car for special times". With its handsomer, heavier, huskier design, it is "new in style, but olds in quali...

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Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. This clip features David Huxley (Grant) and Susan Vance (Hepburn) in a crowded bal...

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This clip is from the 1937 comedy A Family Affair, the first entry in the sixteen Andy Hardy film series. In this scene, Andy Hardy reluctantly goes to the home of his childhood sweetheart named ...

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Somewhere in Dreamland is a 1936 animated short and is part of Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The story opens with a brother and sister bringing firewood home to their poor mother. Along ...

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"Dreaming" is a hit single by the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The song was released on January 25, 1988 and was featured on the album The Best of OMD. The song peaked at numbe...

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This classic clip aired in 1983 on MTV and features a "backstage interview" with Neil Young announcing a giveaway for a 1956 pink Cadillac convertible. This commercial spot aired after the releas...

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This commercial is for the Star Wars video arcade game produced by Atari and aired in 1983. This game was designed for the Atari 2600 and 5200, Atari Home Computers, Commodore 64, and Colecovisio...

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Music video for the 1984 hit single "Drive" by The Cars. The song was the third single from the album Heartbeat City and was released in March 1984. Upon its release, "Drive" became The Cars' hig...

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This classic commercial spot for L'eggs aired in 1972 and features the famous jingle "Our L'eggs fit your legs, they hug you, they hold you, they never let you go.". The jingle was written by Tho...

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"Interjections!" was an animated short in the Schoolhouse Rock! series which aired Saturday mornings on ABC TV. I loved watching these short films which were designed to make learning fun. Th...

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Watch as Electric Light Orchestra performs their hit single "Livin' Thing" in this clip from the American Music Awards on January 31, 1977. "Livin' Thing" was written by Jeff Lynne and appears on...

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Watch as The Carpenters perform their classic hit "Hurting Each Other". The song was written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell and released on December 23, 1971. It was featured on the album A Song fo...

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Watch as Classics IV perform their hit single "Stormy" in this clip dating back to 1968. "Stormy" was released in March 1968 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was featured on th...

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In this funny commercial for Wizard Air Freshener, a young girl informs her parents that her friend Janey said the house smells like it has bad breath. Dad agrees and says the house has "House-a-...

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In this classic Bayer Aspirin commercial, two ladies discuss the many "pain reliever claims" of the day such as "I have extra ingredients" and "I'm 50 percent stronger". One of them then notes an...

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This clip features The Rolling Stones performing their hit single "Time is on My Side" in their first guest appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. An interesting note is that Ed Sullivan was...

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Boo Moon is a classic 1950s animation short featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. It begins with Casper emerging from a subway station following a crowd of scared strangers. He finds a man offerin...

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This animated commercial for Skippy Peanut Butter talks about the "old-style" peanut butter products that were oily, sticky and didn't stay fresh for very long. The announcer states that this all...

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This commercial for the General Mills True Heat Iron aired in 1951. Also includes a promotion for the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook, the "fastest selling book in America". The iron was advertise...

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This classic Soundie dates back to 1941 and features the Count Basie Orchestra performing “Take Me Back Baby” with Jimmy Rushing doing the vocal. In the clip, Rushing plays a sax player who f...

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In this scene from the 1948 movie One Touch of Venus, a young window dresser named Eddie Hatch kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. Soon afterwards, she ...

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This vintage theatrical commercial announces an upcoming "Meet Gene Autry" contest that was shown in theaters in 1946. The winner would get to meet Gene Autry in person, have lunch with him, get ...

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Movie trailer for the 1946 film The Hoodlum Saint starring William Powell, Esther Williams and Angela Lansbury. The movie follows a former reporter who comes back home after serving in the army d...

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In this clip from the 1935 short film Hoi Polloi featuring the Three Stooges, Curly gets a spring attached to his backside while dancing and the fun ensues. Hoi Polloi is the tenth short film sta...

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