“Aurora. We’re for real.” Let’s lay down some track and slot in our Daily 70s Spot. Today we have an Aurora model race cars commercial featuring the groovy ‘Sand Vans’ of the ‘Red Dunes’ set. Spot aired in January of … Continue reading
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School movie time! Yes, yes, you can run the projector. Now sit down and enjoy this surprisingly watchable 1973 safety film, Crossroads Crash, or to give it its full title, National Safety Council Defensive Driving Course – The Crossroads Crash. … Continue reading
“You’ll think it’s the real McCoy.” OK, let’s cook up the Daily 70s Spot. Today we have a Bird’s Eye commercial featuring frozen “Wisconsin Country Style Vegetables.” Real Wisconsin folk can be found within. Uh, within the commercial – not … Continue reading
David Rosenberg from the Behold photo blog at Slate.com has written up an excellent story entitled, “Searching for the ’70s and Finding America.” The article highlights a number of wonderful images taken by various photographers for the Documerica Project in … Continue reading
“They really are masters at Dutch Masters.” Let’s light up the Daily 70s Spot. Here’s one for Dutch Masters cigars featuring the ‘President’ line and a behind-the-scenes look at a tobacco curator. Spot aired in November of 1978. Daily 70s … Continue reading
Melody originally released in the UK in 1971 as S.W.A.L.K. (Sealed With A Loving Kiss). The film, directed by Waris Hussein from a screenplay by Alan Parker, reunited the stars of Oliver!, Mark Lester and Jack Wild. In this tale … Continue reading