“Get ready for the Summer Olympic Games!” (ABC, 1976)
“The Summer Olympic Games. Up close and personal – the ABC way.”
Our Bicentennial Week comes to a close on Sunday. Today and tomorrow I’ll post some Olympics promos for our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s an ABC promo for the ’76 Summer Olympics swimming events. Spot aired in early July, 1976.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: (Bicentennial Week) ‘Monday Night Baseball’ Phillies Vs. Dodgers ABC Promo (1976)
‘200.’ Can you dig it, baby?
Happy Funshine Friday! To help you recover from yesterday’s wild & wonderful 4th of July celebrations we have a mellow, yet mind-expanding Bicentennial cartoon entitled 200.
American Gothic? Crazy, man, crazy.
200 is a three-minute, psychedelic eye-feast created by animator Vincent Collins in 1975 as a Bicentennial Grant Project for The United States Information Agency. This could be the grooviest propaganda you’ll ever see. Roll it.
Wait a darn minute. Did I catch sight of Colonel Sanders in there? Yes. Yes, I think I did. Far out!
Previously on Funshine Friday: ‘The Kids from: C.A.P.E.R.’ (1976)
Are ya ready for some Baseball? (ABC, 1976)
“Two of the best-hitting teams in baseball.”
Time for a sports-flavored Daily 70s Spot for Bicentennial Week. Here’s an ABC Monday Night Baseball promo featuring the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spot aired on July 5th, 1976 – 37 years ago to-the-day.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: (Bicentennial Week) ‘The New Land,’ ‘ABC Sunday Movie’ Promo (1976)
Happy 4th of July! (Staten Island, NY, 1976 – filmed by Ron Spooner)
I hope everyone in the US (and any concerned parties abroad) are enjoying this 4th of July holiday. I thought we’d take in some home movies from the 4th of July, filmed during the Bicentennial celebration of 1976.
First up we have a lovely, leisurely look at an all-American parade in Staten Island, New York. The film was shot by Ron H. Spooner and has a focus on horses, local folks and vintage fire engines. If fire engines don’t excite you, you can jump in and start at the three-minute mark.
I love this guy! (Omaha 4th of July parade, 1976)
After that, grab a look at this much shorter (1:45, silent) parade video from the 4th of July ’76 in Omaha, Nebraska. There are some festive and funny bicyclists in patriotic action. Have a great day.
Previously on the 4th of July: 4th of July, 1972
A young Swedish family arrives just in time for the first fireworks display (‘The New Land,’ ABC promo, 1976)
“An American epic. The victory and the tragedy. The nightmare and the dream of The New Land.”
Happy 4th of July! Our Daily 70s Spot aired exactly 37 years ago. Here’s an ABC promo for The New Land (Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann) airing on The ABC Sunday Night Movie. Spot aired on July 4th, 1976.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: (Bicentennial Week) ABC Political Conventions Promo With Harry Reasoner (1976)
Harry Reasoner. Reason enough to tune in. (1976)
“Get to the heart of the convention.”
Daily 70s Spot incoming. Here we have newscaster Harry Reasoner in an ABC promo for the 1976 summer political conventions. Spot aired in early July, 1976.
The Democratic National Convention ran July 12 to July 15 and Carter and Mondale were the nominees. The Republican National Convention ran August 16 to August 19 and Ford and Dole were the nominees.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: (Bicentennial Week) Bufferin Aspirin ‘Mother’ (1976)