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12. 1  Utilities

1) UNION ELECTRIC: for all electric Gold Medallion Homes―when is a kitchen like a beauty treatment?―a beautiful kitchen will make woman look more beautiful because she gets so much help with the housework  (1968)

2) UNION ELECTRIC: animated with song for electric home―Reddi Kilowatt appears  (1968)

3) UNION ELECTRIC: "bold new St. Louis"―Gateweay Arch is visited  (1968)

4) UNION ELECTRIC: more on bold new St. Louis―Forest Park is highlighted  (1968)

5) UNION ELECTRIC: electric home―"swingin' places with electric heat"―song and animated  (1968)

6) UNION ELECTRIC: word game for electricity whose price continues to fall  (1968)

7) UNION ELECTRIC: the Mississippi river at St. Louis―tugboats and aerial shots of the river―plugs St. Louis's new growth  (1969)

8) UNION ELECTRIC: Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) where electricity works to make perfect environment for plants―bold new St. Louis campaign  (1969)

9) UNION ELECTRIC: to fight crime, narrator urges you to order electric lights installed outdoors by the utility company serving St. Louis  (1969)

10) UNION ELECTRIC: silent billboard―Busch stadium lighted at night  (1969)

11) UNION ELECTRIC: woman hears scary sounds at night―Dusk-to-Dawn Watchman lights for outdoors (see No. 9)―pitched at men to "protect her from concern"  (1969)

12) UNION ELECTRIC: same as No. 11  (1969)

13) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 11  (1969)

14) UNION ELECTRIC: same as No. 13  (1969)

15) UNION ELECTRIC: your electric bills are higher―but that's because you have bought and used more electrical appliances―places all such appliances on lawn  (1969)

16) UNION ELECTRIC: clocks illustrate dependability―analogous to Union Electric dependability  (1969)

17) UNION ELECTRIC: the many uses of electricity outdoors with new appliances―"all you need is a little outlet"

18) UNION ELECTRIC: electric heat for cold castle  (1969)

19) UNION ELECTRIC: electric heat―all family members shown appreciating it―even the cat with no static because it doesn't dry out the house  (1969)

20) UNION ELECTRIC: "the switch is on to electric heat"―annual heating cost for house with six rooms is $123―another is only $109  (1969)

21) UNION ELECTRIC: man is very satisfied to pay his month electric heating bill―others testify  (1969)

22) UNION ELECTRIC: more about "the switch is on to electric heat in the St. Louis area"―more testimonials and annual cost figures  (1969)

23) UNION ELECTRIC: policemen urge more lights to fight home crime―dusk-to-dawn lights (1970)

24) UNION ELECTRIC: more police testimonials for dusk-to-dawn lights (1970)

25) UNION ELECTRIC: penny rolls―it's the electric penny that buys more than ten years ago (1970)

26) UNION ELECTRIC: electric meter―"time machine"  (1970)

27) UNION ELECTRIC: broken chair―electric heat doesn't dry out the air so furniture lasts longer (1970)

28) UNION ELECTRIC: electric wire―simple and long lasting  (1970)

29) UNION ELECTRIC: dust storms inside your house with gas heating―none with electric heat―movies of dust storms projected on outside wall of the house (1970)

30) UNION ELECTRIC: mommy dresses baby―electric heat (1970)

31) UNION ELECTRIC: man draws on paper to show clean qualities of electric heat compared to gas heat (1970)

32) UNION ELECTRIC: microscopic close-up of the dirt pulled into your house by "old fashioned heating"―total electric living really doesn't cost more (1970)

33) UNION ELECTRIC: dollar bills out the chimney with gas heating―no chimney with electric heat (1970)

34) UNION ELECTRIC: the incredible shrinking house―costs less to heat that 10 years ago (1970)

35) UNION ELECTRIC: sun and electric heat compared (1970)

36) UNION ELECTRIC: mason lays brick to build house―choose electric heat (1970)

37) UNION ELECTRIC: montage of electric appliances (1970)

38) UNION ELECTRIC: warning to avoid fallen electric wires after a storm―man warns kids

39) UNION ELECTRIC: electric heat warms in winter―analogous to warm South Seas spot―"the winter vacation at home heat"―your house is your yacht

40) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 39

 

12.2  Utilities

 1) TELEPHONE COMPANY: 2-minute spot introducing Area Codes by different stereotypes―lobster for Maine, Mets baseball player for New York City―from 1967

2) GENERAL TELEPHONE: man takes a bath and phone rings and he loses $500 sweepstakes call―get an extension phone

3) SYLVANIA: from late 1968―don't play "blind thy neighbor"―raising your car brights because driver approaching will not dim his―so Sylvania has developed a "friendly bright light" that won't directly blind―1969 model Dodges have it optionally

4) GENERAL TELEPHONE: young man send love note via carrier pigeon because he needs an extension and cannot now speak on family phone―no privacy

5) GENERAL TELEPHONE: vampire rises from coffin―some people have to wait until after 7 pm―calls his mama who is a werewolf

6) PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC: animated gas blob speaks to man at gas range―he's from brontosaurus age―then an electric spark speaks to him and explains all he does around the house

7) SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY: man makes his move on pretty girl on his couch―she needs the lights

8) GENERAL TELEPHONE: woman engrossed in TV drama misses phone call―she sits watching TV set―when she gets back the whodunits is over―she missed the killer

9) GAS INDUSTRY: little boy disparages girls and nightly bathing―but new gas water heater means he has to take a bath each night

10) GENERAL TELEPHONE: pay phone in the middle of nowhere―maybe never pay for itself, but it just might help someone someday―and man's car breaks down outside the booth

11) GENERAL TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONICS: modern communications systems

12) GENERAL TELEPHONE: Italian playboy gives his many girlfriends a special phone "just for the two of us"―one has four special phones from four special friends

13) GENERAL TELEPHONE: humorous couple grabs phone―man's mother on other side has high blood pressure―wife complains husband cares more about mother than ever toward her―couple argues about his mother coming between them

14) CON EDISON: leave a light on to stop a thief

15) RADIO STATION PROMO: "how would you like to spend three hours with her?"―she's a belly dancer and you can win her for three hours―send entry to Rick Cimino, KNEW Radio in San Francisco―just one catch, it has to be both moral and legal―sexist

16) GAS COMPANY: Modern living calls for gas―B&W spot from Lachlede gas Co.―late 1950s

18) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: Leslie Nielsen in an 11-part campaign defends PE from hostile criticism/each spot is 2 minutes long/here Nielsen is in streets of Philadelphia defending increase in electricity cost

19) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: Nielsen speaks of ugly electric towers in the countryside/shows how PE is giving land under them to Little Leagues and public parks

20) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: fear of nuclear reactors in the neighborhoods/"nuclear power is the great servant, not the destroyer" Nielsen is at Peachbottom #1/"only fact can destroy fear"

21) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: Nielsen speaks re blackouts and why they happen

22) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: another spot re blackouts/ mentions 1968 East Coast blackout/shows "control room of a power pool" which mitigates against regional blackouts/12 power companies share via the grid covering Maryland/New Jersey/Pennsylvania

23) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: subject is thermal pollution/ cooling towers of PE counter potential of rising water temperature

24) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: What is a utility?/it's a business and must make a profit/operates for public good―is a monopoly―and that is good

25) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: no 11 in the series/Nielsen sincere in asserting courage of PE in providing unpopular answers to tough questions

26) PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC: Nielsen in helicopter over Philly  ―says PE is fulfilling its contract

 

12.3  Utilities

 B&W SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE commercials dated from 1955 through 1960―ads for Yellow Pages and extension telephones

 

12.4  Utilities 

1) UNION ELECTRIC: deserted homes from pioneer days―18 trillion kilowatt hours used in last 90 years―but by 1980 USA will need more capacity to generate

 electricity―need to double it―with concern for our natural environment and neighbors (1970)

2) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 41

3) UNION ELECTRIC: preservation of our natural resources is one of the biggest challenges of the 1970s―nature shots

4) UNION ELECTRIC: mother explains the best points of electric heating (1970)

5) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 44

6) UNION ELECTRIC: penguins are not interested in how warm you can keep your house―old fashioned system might actually please penguins

7) UNION ELECTRIC: puppies on man's bed―cold morning but warmth of electric heat makes it easier to get up

8) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 47

9) UNION ELECTRIC: St. Louis welcomes Six Flags over Mid-America opens May 1971―"it's the way you'd like the rest of the world to be all of the time"―it's all electric (1971)

10) UNION ELECTRIC: 30 second version of No. 49

11) UNION ELECTRIC: father warns teenage son not to put up TV antenna―get a pro to install your antenna

12) UNION ELECTRIC: electrical worker takes boy from tree―warns against climbing trees because you could touch a wire

13) UNION ELECTRIC:  mother and children return home in dark ―dusk-to-dawn lighting plugged

14) UNION ELECTRIC: parody of All in the Family―Edith and Archie look-alikes for electric heating

15) UNION ELECTRIC: another All in the Family take-off for electric heat

16) UNION ELECTRIC: Archie Bunker look-alike is told the facts about the low cost of electric heat

17-40) SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE: commercials dated from 1961 through 1964 urging extension phones, Yellow Pages and urging Direct Distance Dialing

 

12.5  Utilities

1) YELLOW PAGES: business owner talks to Yellow Pages salesman about an ad―1957

2) YELLOW PAGES: man in workshop uses phone book―1957

3) YELLOW PAGES: woman sewing uses phone book―1957

4) YELLOW PAGES: man arrives at drugstore at closing time―1957

5) YELLOW PAGES: woman water skier falls because she didn't take lessons―1957

6) YELLOW PAGES: man stuck on highway uses phone book in phone booth―1957

7) YELLOW PAGES: a plumber, baker, stewardess and other service individuals await customers' calls―1957

8) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: woman talks on extension phone―1957

9) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: after redecorating the house woman adds colored extension phones―1957

10) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: a "Teenage Princess" has a personal extension phone that teenagers need―1957

11) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: extension phones talk

12) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 11 in color

13) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: similar to 11

14) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: similar to 11

15-18) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: woman demonstrates how to make a long distance call by direct dialing―1957

19) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: young girl calls mom long distance by direct dialing―1957

20) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: woman calls husband direct

21) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 15

22) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: teenage girl receives call from boyfriend at college―1957

23) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: businessman makes direct call

24) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: girlfriends talk long distance

25) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: mother receives call from daughter

26) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: little boy calls grandmother

27) BELL SYSTEM: woman teaches viewers to use phone book and avoid embarrassment of dialing wrong numbers

28-32) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: cartoon of man urging viewers to use area codes

33) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 22

34) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 23

35) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 24

36) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 25

37) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 26

38) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: man in front of map of United States tells viewers that long distant rates are as cheap all day Sunday as they are in the late evening hours―1957

39) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: woman wants to call long distance during daytime but doesn't want high cost, so she will now call anytime Sunday

40) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: similar to 39

41) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: repeat of 38

42) YELLOW PAGES: astronaut often goes for days without using Yellow Pages―space

43) YELLOW PAGES: man marooned on island doesn't use Yellow Pages

44) YELLOW PAGES: woman balloonist doesn't use Yellow Pages

45) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: man tells viewers that direct distance dialing is as easy as ABC

46) SOUTHWESTERN BELL: similar to 45

47) YELLOW PAGES: cartoon of man who uses phone book

48) YELLOW PAGES: cartoon of crook who used phone book

49) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana is casting director who uses "Jell-O Pages"

50) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana is safari bwana who uses phone   book

51) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as "Speedy Jose" who is dressed as sheik and uses "Jell-O pages"―racist

52) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as "Speedy Jose" who uses phone  book

53) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as karate student

54) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as Jose the Chiropodist

55) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as archaeologist

56) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as pianist

57) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as judge

58) YELLOW PAGES: repeat of 55

59) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as circus performer

60) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as lawyer

61) YELLOW PAGES: Bill Dana as normal person

62) YELLOW PAGES: still photos of active people

63) YELLOW PAGES: repeat of 62

 

12.6  Utilities  

 SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE: 45 minutes hour of YELLOW PAGES from 1970s

 

12.7  UTILITIES   Many KODACHROME color ads

1) BELL OF PENNSYLVANIA: Arnold Stang is cartoon bee who talks to housewife in garden

2) YELLOW PAGES: factory floor fills up with machinery as equipment is ordered through phone book

3) PSA FOR NATURAL GAS: gas companies are seeking ways to locate and produce gas, and it will take government cooperation―energy

4) BELL OF PENNSYLVANIA: the phone is such a bargain to use that it's nickname should be "telebargain"

5) PEOPLE'S GAS: ways to conserve energy

6) MAGIC CHEF STOVE: Julia Meade urges viewers to cook with gas

7) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: man and woman eat sumptuous $40 dinner which is equal to the price difference between a gas and and an electric drier costs

8) YELLOW PAGES: it is easy to find home improvement workers through the Yellow Pages

9) MAIDENFORM BRAS: Lauren Hutton demonstrates how stretchy this new bra is―celebrity

10) C & P TELEPHONE: Edward Hermann makes call from phone booth―celebrity

11) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving cooking tips

12) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: how to install a window air conditioner; "Concern for your total environment"

13) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: Com Ed and the City of Chicago are tying to obtain energy from burning garbage, which will save 100,000 tons of coal yearly

14) CHICAGO'S YELLOW PAGES: stock footage of old Chicago, with photos of items that can be bought through Yellow Pages

15) CHICAGO'S YELLOW PAGES: cartoon of two kinds of Yellow Pages, "B" for customers, "C" for commercial

16) CHICAGO'S YELLOW PAGES: two young boys tell audience about how easy it is to use the Yellow Pages

17) YELLOW PAGES: shot of woman on elevated train traveling around to find service companies

18) YELLOW PAGES: cartoon of cowboy searching for services in large city

19) YELLOW PAGES: cartoon of man running from store to store

20) GENERAL TELEPHONE: egg burns while woman talks on phone in other room; she needs an extension phone

21) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: demonstration of how timer lights work while someone is on vacation

22) CHICAGOLAND YELLOW PAGES: vacuum cleaner sucks wigs off plastic heads

23) YELLOW PAGES: vacuum cleaner sucks keys off pegboard

24) YELLOW PAGES: vacuum cleaner sucks suit off man

25) WHIRLPOOL DRIER: buzzer reminds husband that load of clothes is dry

26) MAGIC CHEF: woman demonstrates how easy it is to clean this gas stove

27) PEOPLE'S GAS: energy saving tips

28) PSA FOR GAS HEAT: baby walks around in only a diaper even though it is January

29) PEOPLE'S GAS: woman enters kitchen and smells a leak, while narrator says that this special smell helps prevent accidents

30) ILLINOIS BELL: construction worker won't cut underground cable because Illinois Bell told him where it was located

31) BELL TELEPHONE: family is moving away but neighbors vow to stay in touch by telephone

32) ILLINOIS BELL: shot of damaged outdoor phone with narrator asking viewers to call 611 for repairs

33) ILLINOIS BELL: Mariette Hartley asks people not to use directory assistance without looking in the book first

34) ILLINOIS BELL: repeat of 32

35) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

36) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

37) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

38) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

39) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

40) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

41) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

42) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

43) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

44) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: engineer explains how falling water creates electricity

45) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: engineer explains how emergencies are handled

46) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: engineer explains equipment reclamation

47) COMMONWEALTH EDISON: energy saving tips

48) PEOPLE'S GAS: man explains budget payment plan

 

12.8  Utilities  

1) ST. LOUIS UNION ELECTRIC: 45 minutes of electricity and electrical-products commercials

  

12.9   UTILITIES

1) ILLINOIS BELL EXTENSION PHONE: Man watching Ball game and wife comes in they fight over volume―he misses game

2) TELEX: Instant Dial-and-Type message machine from Canadian National Canadian Pacific Telecommunications

3) MEDALLION HOME SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON: Change over time since before electricity

4) TV PROMO―CBS―Thursday Night Movies

5) FTD FLORIST: Man gives girlfriend flowers―"you don't need a reason to send flowers"

6) FTD FLORIST: Tall man sends mom flowers for no reason at all―because "you don't need a reason to send flowers"

7) GT&E: Parts are made all over the world―Iran and Belgium India featured―in over 90 countries

8) STANLEY POWER TOOLS: A power drill motor running a Ferris Wheel to prove it's power―"Who says they don't make tools like they used to anymore?"

9) BELL SYSTEM: Football player calling Green Bay to say they can't use his ball if he can't play

10) TV PROMO: The Early Show

11) COMMONWEALTH EDISON'S ELECTRIC HEAT: Making Chicago the most Progressive City―model of Chicago being built

12) UNION GAS: Natural Gas 'The Friendly Fuel

13) NATURAL GAS: cars, trains, boats, kitchens all are affected by gas―'Gas Makes the Big Difference and Costs Less Too'

14) YELLOW PAGES: the ostrich is a strange bird, it runs here or there, we use the Yellow Pages so we don't have to.

15) WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE: All the News that hasn't happened yet

16) TIME MAGAZINE: Through the Beatles Rock and Roll has become an art form

17) TV PROMO - NBC NEWS: The Huntley Brinkley Report: Pictures of the Berlin Wall getting to the station

18) BELL SYSTEM: Astronaut calling Houston won't be getting back because he can't get o the bus with that suit

19) BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS: Making miracles happen with technology and the people that bring them to you―animated stills describing stories

20) GT&E: Boy left alone at home is scared until he gets a phone call―new technologies shown

21) THE BOSTON GLOBE: Wherever news happens they get it from 12 different newspaper wire services

22) BELL TELEPHONE: new area codes―different types of people from different places with their own area codes

23) MOVIE PROMO: The Man With the Golden Arm with Frank Sinatra―No footage

24) TV GUIDE: Fall Preview 1966-67

25) UNITED STATES STEEL: From New York World's Fair―research developments in steel―Space exploration

26) TIME MAGAZINE: Finding and Inventing new words to describe things―The more you need to know, the more you need Time

27) ROOSEVELT RACEWAY: B&W scenes from the race track in New York

28) THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Business men in a hurdle race cause you need a head start

29) THE ELECTRIC COMPANY PEOPLE: Woman hears baby at night and gives him milk

30) FTD FLORIST: Same as No.6

31) ALCOA ALUMINUM: New ring pull beer can opener, twist top for bottles―'Change for the Better'

32) BELL SYSTEM: 1974―New wall hanging phone with dial on handle and hang up button―nine different colors―Twilight Zone motif

33) SHERATON HOTELS & MOTOR INNS―The Best Place to Stay B&W

34) THE WORLD JOURNAL NEWS―Women's section for the housewife to get the lowdown in New York City

35) ROOSEVELT RACEWAY: B&W―Off to the Races―There's nothing like being there in person

36) LONG DISTANCE PHONE CALLS: Still photos of smiling family members―'Make someone happy '(One Black man)

37) WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE: Special Report on LSD, the Hippies in San Francisco and Dr. Timothy Leary-The High Priest of the East are all featured

38) ALCOA: Kids in band take a break from playing for a soft drink―one black kid  aluminum cans

39) BONUS GIFTS: Trading Stamps for food―Ladies singing down the isles of market―(One Black Woman included)

40) ALLIED VAN LINES: 'We Move Families, Not Just Furniture'―kid getting used to new house

41) GAS COMPANY― animated―color―Hamilton, Jackson, Grant and Franklin singing about families who saved with Gas―Gas Heat Gives You a Better Deal

42) THE BIG 'A' (AQUEDUCT) RACE TRACK: footage of racers and horses―New York

43) FOSTER GRANT SUNGLASSES―Confusion of Blonde with sunglasses gets two blind dates mixed up―they trade

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