Daily 70s Ad: Polaroid’s Focused Flash (1972)

(Click to enlarge) “Spend the extra $10 and see the light.” Hi-tech flashcubes. All right! Daily 70s Ad #128: Polaroid’s Focused Flash originally appeared in the April 28, 1972 issue of LIFE magazine. (Source: LIFE) Previously on Daily 70s Ad: … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Polaroid Colorpack II Land Camera (1970)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Pictures for everybody while everybody’s there.” With “electric eye” and “electronic shutter!” Daily 70s Ad #59: Polaroid Colorpack II Land Camera originally appeared in the November 13, 1970 issue of LIFE magazine. (Source: LIFE) Previously on … Continue reading

Daily 70s Spot: Polaroid ‘Polavision Instant Movies’ (1978)

“The more fun you have – the more fun you have when you play it back seconds later on your Polavision player.” All righty, let’s wheel out our Daily 70s Spot. Here’s a fairly rare Polaroid commercial for the short-lived … Continue reading

70s stories in the news: ABBA museum, ‘Rocky’ musical, recent passings

Numerous 1970s-related stories have been piling up in the ‘Disco files. Here now is a collection of news items you may find interesting reading including bits on the new Abba museum and recent passings of known persons. Investigate. Abba fans … Continue reading

Daily 70s Spot: Polaroid ‘One Step’ commercial with James Garner (1978)

“Simplest camera in the world.” Daily 70s spot alert. Today, we have a Polaroid ‘One Step’ commercial starring James Garner. If you were alive in the 1970s you or someone in your family owned a Polaroid camera. Here’s long-time Polaroid … Continue reading

70s Spots: Dick Van Dyke for Kodak’s instant camera, ‘The Handle’

Gather round the TV, it’s time for a commercial break. Here’s a quick spot from 1978 featuring Dick Van Dyke touting Kodak’s “least-expensive instant camera” The Handle. The Handle was an attempt by Kodak to compete with Polaroid for the … Continue reading