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Here is a Lady Seiko watch commercial -16-millimeter film from the late 1960s or early 1970s, from Richard Lyons’ collection of 16-millimeter films. This one, like the General Electric Superblow hair dryer commercial, also includes a “China Girl” and other information on a few frames before and after the commercial. “China Girl” images were used by film lab technicians when processing the film.

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Here is a General Electric Superblow hair dryer commercial -16 – millimeter film from the late 1960s or early 1970s, from Richard Lyons’ collection of 16-millimeter films. This one includes a “China Girl” and other information on a few frames before and after the commercial. “China Girl” images were used by film lab technicians when processing the film.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-forgotten-china-girls-hidden-at-the-beginning-of-old-films
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_girl_(filmmaking)

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Here is another of Richard Lyons’ 16-millimeter films. This is likely from the 1970s. After doing some online research, the line “You Get a Big Delight in Every Bite” started in the early 1970s. A couple of websites that attracted my attention about Hostess are here and here. I didn’t know there were Hostess ads in comic books!

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Here is a promo for Saturday morning cartoons from the mid to late 1970s. This is 16-millimeter film from Richard Lyons’ collection. Go here for more information.

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Here is the fourth and final in a series of Bufferin aspirin ads from Richard Lyons’s collection of 16 millimeter films. Go here and here and here to see the first three Bufferin commercials.

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Here is the third in a series of Bufferin aspirin ads from Richard Lyons’ collection of 16-millimeter films. Go here and here to see the first two Bufferin commercials.

Direct mp4 download or play: Bufferin Aspirin Ad – Student Unrest
Here is the second in a series of Bufferin aspirin ads from Richard Lyons’ collection of 16-millimeter films. Go here to see the first Bufferin commercial.

Direct mp4 download or play: Ford Pop Option Sale
Here is another film purchased online by Richard Lyons with two three-minute skits promoting “Ford Pop Option Sale” for 1969. The first skit features Jo Anne Worley and Henry Gibson as customers who were regulars on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” The salesman is played by McLean Stevenson who played Lieut. Col. Henry Blake on the television series “M*A*S*H” for three seasons. The second skit has Jo Anne Worley as the nutty lady and McLean Stevenson as the salesman.
The film was captured using the same setup and technique as in my post “The Impact Of Television.” In addition, the film was quite red in color and I applied color correction.

Direct mp4 download or play: The Impact Of Television
Here is another 16-millimeter film that was purchased online by Richard Lyons. I was hesitating on posting this film due to poor picture quality. As with most of the films I’ve posted (and ones I may post in the future) the transfer to digital I did myself using an Eiki projector (similar to this) and camcorder. The image was projected onto printer paper and the camcorder was lined up as close as possible to the right aspect ratio with minimum parallax. Also, the projector was fitted with a 5 blade shutter (telecine) to reduce flicker. I am not “The Internet Archive” and have no access to proper equipment for capturing films to digital. In spite of that, I’ve decided to post it anyway. The sound turned out quite well, considering I wired a direct output from the optical pickup in the projector to the microphone jack on the camcorder. Audio levels matched this input quite well. Keep in mind capacitors (5 to 10 microfarads, one on each left and right, tip and ring) were installed on the input line, in series to block Plug-in phantom power on the camcorder mic. input from being applied to the optical pickup on the projector.

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Here is another commercial I captured from a 16-millimeter film, likely from the early 1970s.

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Here is a network television promo from the late 1960s or 70s captured from 16-millimeter film. Go to IMDb for more information.

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This rare commercial was captured from 16-millimeter film and is likely from the late 1960s or early 1970s.

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This commercial was purchased online by Richard Lyons.  I captured the 16-millimeter film using my telecine projector and my Sony DCR-HC1000 3-CCD MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder.

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There are several 16-millimeter films Richard Lyons purchased on eBay entitled “Kid’s Stuff.” They are from the 1960s and may have been shown on television stations around the U. S. during weekday afternoon kids programming. Richard told me once he remembers seeing one of these films or something similar, possibly on KTVU channel 2 in the late 1960s. I personally watched KTVU as a child, while growing up in Berkeley, California. I guess I was more interested in “The Three Stooges” and don’t remember anything like this film. A few years ago I acquired a projector and learned how to capture picture and sound. Richard and I were never sure if these films should be made available. I think now is the time to show the film. If I can get the other “Kid’s Stuff” films presentable and in the right file format they will appear on this post. An explanation of how I captured this and other 16-millimeter films is here. Be sure to check my posts “LaChoy Soy Sauce,” “Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar,” “STIR-N-SERV 1 Pan Lasagna,” “Salvation Army Kentucky Fried Chicken PSA,” “Common Sense Self Defense,” “Why Am I So Dumb,” and “TV Guide Censors,” These are all 16-millimeter films Richard purchased online and decided they could be shown. You can also browse the newly added category “16 Millimeter Films.” I will likely be adding more films to this, soon. Also, check Richard Lyons’ YouTube channel “baysadaye” for more 16-millimeter films I helped him post. They are  “JAMBO –  opening and closing theme,” “1971 ABC Television Promo – Make Room For Grandaddy,” “It’s Nice To Share – United Church Of Christ – Episcopal,” “Classic Ideal Game Commercial – Up ‘N’ Over,” “Discovery ’71 – ABC Sunday Morning Kids Show – 1971,” and “Discovery ’68 – ABC Sunday Morning Kids Show – 1968.”

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This 16-millimeter educational film from 1977 was purchased on eBay and features Gene Rayburn from Match Game. Sorry about the poor focus, but I had to run the film slightly out of focus to get a more uniform appearance across the frame. Sometimes the film doesn’t always lay flat as it passes through the projector.
I was unable to find another video of this film on the internet, although I didn’t try very hard. I guess this film might be considered rare.

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Corrected Audio Waveform (applied clipping repair and amplified peak level to -1 dB)

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Uncorrected Audio Waveform (from my Sony DCR-HC1000 Camcorder)

Direct mp4 download or play:  STIR-N-SERV 1 Pan Lasagna

Here is my Golden Grain STIR-N-SERV 1 Pan Lasagna commercial from the  early 1970s, which I captured from 16 millimeter film. Be sure to cheek this out on my YouTube page, and see my other Golden Grain ad for Macaroni and Cheddar.

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Here is another one of the commercials I have on 16-millimeter film. I personally transferred the film to video using a modified 16-millimeter projector and my Sony three chip  Handycam camcorder. This was a public service announcement from the 1970s and it was called “Take The Time To Listen.” I think you will agree this one is especially suited for me. Be sure and check my Youtube version here.

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COLOR NOT CORRECTED

This is a 16 millimeter film of a TV Guide commercial from the late 1970s. I apologize for the film being slightly tilted to the left. That was my fault for not having the projector perfectly lined up with my video camera. Incidentally, I didn’t know about the writing on frames of the film with details about the film before the actual commercial. I saved these as still images. Of course, when these ads were on TV, these other images were never shown unless they got though as a mistake. Today I added a color corrected version and the picture is no longer tilted. The sound is slightly different, as well. I used VirtualDubMod free video editor to make the changes. I’m not sure if I got it right. What do you think? See it here on YouTube.

Direct mp4 download or play:  Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar

Here is a Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar commercial from the late 1960s and early 1970s which I captured from 16 millimeter film.  This is from the same reel of  film that has the  La Choy Soy Sauce commercial. In addition, I left the countdown before the commercial, and the word “FINISH” (backwards and upside down) after the commercial.  See “Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar” on YouTube here.

Some additional countdown items and finish