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[Government : television commercials]

Item number (ISN):

72699

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966/1972

Item number (ISN):

72699

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TELEVISION BUREAU OF CANADA

Accession:

1987-0469

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1966/1972

Description:

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Television commercials and public service messages by federal and provincial government departments. Includes commercials by: Canada Centennial Commission; Ontario Department of Highways; Department of National Revenue (Canada Savings Bonds); and Alberta's Department of Social Development. Commercials were entries in the English National Commercial Category at Canadian Television Commercials Festivals (the Bessies) between 1966 and 1972. The commercials are: Gresham Tweed, about the Department of National Revenue 70/T1T-Short income tax form; three 30-second commercials for the Post Office Mail Early Campaign, called Postman, Correct Address and Christmas Blush and one 60-second commercial called Cards - Bundling; three black-and-white commercials for the Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan (OMSIP), called Countergirl, Man -- New Address and Housewife; Foster Parents, for the Alberta Department of Social Development; Children Dressing, advertising Canada Standard Sizes, for the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs; Kitten -- Security, about Canada Savings Bonds, for the Department of National Revenue; We're Here to Help, about the income tax guide, for the Department of National Revenue; Runner, about the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg; 100 Exciting Years, for the Centennial Commission; an animated commercial called Litter Bug for the Ontario Department of Highways; black-and-white commercial for the Shop Canada campaign and education for the Province of Ontario Trade Crusade; another animated anti-pollution commercial for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment; animated commercial about pollution, for the Ontario government; animated commercial about pollution, for the Ontario Department of Energy and Resources Management; and an animated commercial called Litter Trap, for the Ontario Department of Highways. The reel also contains an unrelated commercial for Cascade water heaters, showing a bunch of little boys in a bathtub. <17mn 30s>

Subjects:

TELEVISION COMMERCIALS

Language:

English

Original number:

N-19

Notes:

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1. Title on can: "Miscellaneous Government Commercial Reel".~2. The list of commercials provided by the donor does not match the order on the reel.~3. All commercials are colour and 60 seconds long unless otherwise specified.

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Vault ISN:

69186

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8711-0544

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

71452

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8712-0033

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8712-0033

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Rights to television commercials depend on the specific provisions of the contract between the sponsor, advertising agency, and production companies under contract to the advertising agency.

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09