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Champion - Amazing (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

Canon AE-1 - Joe Theisman (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

Army - Flight School (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

Amoco - What They Want (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

Camel - Satisfaction, Camel Filters style - 1978 print USA

Some men taste it all. Rich warm flavor. Smooth even taste. Solid satisfaction.

Virginia Slims Lights - Crush Proof Purse Pack (1980) print (USA

Virginia Slims brags about their "new crush proof purse pack" and 9 mg tar.

Virginia Slims - Lights - in the crush proof box (1980) printad

Men have over 30 brands of low tar cigarettes. You have Virginia Slims Lights."

Disneyland's 25th Anniversary - Michael Jackson (1980) 4 (USA)

Yes, that's Michael Jackson breaking out in a song medley to promote Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

Alpo Dog Food - Lorne Greene - Meat protein in a dry meal (1980) :30 (USA)

Lorne Greene talks about dog food.

More - "I'm More Satisfied" (1980) printads

"I'm not easily satisfied with most things, but More gives me what I want"

Trygg-Hansa - "Trädet" / The Tree "Call us and your car is insured" (1980) :30 (Sweden)

It's so easy, get insured, just call and register and it's done!

Wasure emon Print ad 1980

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Swan Vesta - Train ride - (1980) 0:30 (UK)

Toro - Break Your Shovel (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Owens Corning - Cheaper Than Oil (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Great American Federal (local) (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

BF Roodrich - Jockies (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Master Lock - Tough Under Fire (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Once again it's Master lock and their affinity for shooting their own product as demonstration. At least during the super bowl.

Crown Forklifts - Noah's Ark / Tiger (1980) :30 (USA)

Regional ad.
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Lizard

Benson and Hedges - Iguana / Swimming pool - (1979) 0:60 (UK) Classic

Directed by Hugh Hudson The diver gets the cigarettes as they are dropped via helicopter into a pool in the middle of the desert with only lizards as

Hamlet - Golf / Bunker - (1979) :30 (UK)

As it turns out, there is no getting out of that bunker. But Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

Benson & Hedges - Salvage (1979) 2:00 (UK)

"Salvage"

Benson & Hedges Silk Cut - Mbongoland 1879 / Garrison - (1979) :30 (UK)

This utterly weird ad shows a garrison under siege where the UK soldiers smoked silk cut for two weeks and then refuse to switch back.

Virginia Slims - Professor Swabon (1979) printad

"In 1908, Professor Swabon proved that for every action there was an equal and opposite reaction."

Virginia Slims - Indian Love call / You've come a long way baby (1979) printad

"In 1902, in the midst of an Indian love call, Miss Sally surprised Mountie Bob by lighting up a cigarette."

Maxell - Cassette Tape, Sir? / Blown Away (1979) :30 (USA)

In 1979 or 1980, these tapes made sure we all understood that they were about "high fidelity".

Ralston Purina Company - Tender Vittles "Fresh!" (1979) :30 (USA)

It's amazing how they can make jingles and mnemonics out of everything.

US Steel - Skilled People (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

US Armed Forces - A Chance (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Thrift Drug - Brut (local) (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Georgia Pacific - We've Grown (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Eveready - Robert Conrad (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Eaton - Space Shuttle (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Crum and Forster - Fourth of July (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Owens Corning - Glass House (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

"Put your house in the pink. Get Owens-Corning insulation now. It's cheaper than oil."
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Master Lock - Tough Under Fire (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Once again, they shot the lock. Which did not budge. Repeat: Did not budge.
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Labour isn't working - billboard 1978

This poster is often cited as being instrumental in the fall of James Callaghan's Labour administration, and certainly changed the way political

McCulloch Chainsaw - 'Beavers' - (1978) :30 (USA)

"Hey look at that, it's a chainsaw" - beaver spokespeople, I mean spokesbeavers, how novel.

Senior Service - Tailor-made (1977) :60 (UK)

A man visits a tailor, of sorts, that designs his perfect cigarette for him. "It suits you, sir"

Girl Scouts Cookies - Buy girl scout cookies from your favorite girl scout (1979) - (USA)

Still images of girl scouts doing girl scout things.

Hamlet - Robot Factory (1977) :30 (UK)

At the robot factory, a robot gets his head put on backward. But that's okay because happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

Daily Express - Ulrike Meinhoff - (1977) :30 (UK)

Twin girls assemble and load guns, as the voiceover tells us about Ulrike Meinhoff, and says: Get the Daily Express, and read about why ordinary women

Daily Express - Tissue Trail / Howard Hughes (1976) :60 (UK)

"If there was anything Howard Hughes trusted less than people, it was floors. He thought they were contaminated.

Benson & Hedges - Two weeks / Desert Island (1976) :30 (UK)

"How I survived, I'll never know" he then tells us the pitch that it takes two weeks to get used to Silk Cut.

Master lock - Tough under fire - (1976) - 0:30 (USA)

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Hamlet - Tennis match - (1975) :30 (UK)

Trying to keep up with the tennis match while wearing a neckbrace is a pain.  But happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

Hamlet - Venus de Milo - (1975) :30 (UK)

Finally, we learn why Venus doesn't have an arm.

Socialsstyrelsen / The National Board of Health and Welfare - Börja dagen bättre / Start your day better (1975) (Sweden)

The National Board of Health and Welfare teaches you some workout techniques and suggests healthy breakfasts.
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Benson & Hedges - Istanbul -(1975) 0:60 (UK)

Another spy story from Benson and Hedges.
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New York Life - Protect Herbie - (1975) 0:30 (USA)

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New York Life - Protect George - (1975) 0:30 (USA)

Eveready - wants you to know - (1975) 0:30 (USA)

Winchester little cigars - "Winchester taught me things" (1974) printad

"Winchester taught me things, I didn't know I had to learn"

Benson & Hedges Special Panatellas - Hat - (1974) :30 (UK)

A man shops for a hat because he doesn't want to get his cigar wet.

Benson & Hedges Mellow Virginia - Boyfriend - (1974) :30 (UK)

A young lady brings home her boyfriend, and much to the mother's disapproval, he lights up a pipe!

Can you spot the Camel Filters smoker? print, 1974

Almost everyone at the beach today has a gimmick. Find the one who doesn't. 

Swedish Transport Administration - Use a seatbelt / Du använder väl bilbälte? (1973) (Sweden)

I would take care of that pretty face if I were you, says the VO watching the model apply makeup - you use a seatbelt, right?

Benson & Hedges - Underground - (1973) ;30 (UK)

A robbery gone wrong as the gold bars on the other side of that wall are all Benson & Hedges gold cigarettes.

Benson & Hedges - Bullion (1973) :30 (UK)

Three clumsy robbers set out to steal gold bars from the bullion storage space which is only equipped with a ringing alarm that can be silenced with a

Spola Kröken - Grinden / The Gate (1973) (Sweden)

Janne “ Loffe” Carlsson is out jogging, "I feel like a king, I've dumped the booze"

Virginia Slims - Mr. McLellan's smoked hams (1972) print (USA)

"Slimmer than the fat cigarettes men smoke"

TEMPO department store - The Bedsets (1972) 3:00 (Sweden)

Even in a hurry, you'll find what you need.

Benson and Hedges - Border exchange - (1972) 0:55 (UK)

The dramatic exchange. What's in the case? What a thrilling spy story,
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Dutch Masters - Latin America - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Expressen Söndag / Sunday edition - Fear - (1971)

A woman wakes up with rats crawling all over her.

Gevalia - The Golfers / Golfbanan (1971) (Sweden)

Rolf Bengtsson, Jarl Borssén are playing golf.

Newport: Half ain't Whole. Body ain't Soul. Mild ain't Bold... - print 1970

Half ain't Whole. Body ain't Soul. Mild ain't Bold...

The Observer - The Mind Of A Child (1970) :30 (UK)

Between the ages of naught and five, your child will develop characteristics that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Benson & Hedges Mellow Virginia - Bridge Table - (1970) :30 (UK)

At a chatty bridge table, a man lights up his pipe. The hostess seems quite annoyed by this until she smells the scent.

The liberty bell rings in your heart. Printad, Japan, 1970

The liberty bell rings in your heart.

Vantage - This is my town and I'm a lawyer here / Doesn't cop out (1970) :60 (USA)

"The new cigarette that doesn't cop out on flavor"

Dupont - Mass Spectrometer (1970) :60 (USA)

This time, we can make it stick.

Kent Smokes - And that's where it's at - 1969 print USA

And that's where it's at

Benson & Hedges Mellow Virginia - Ballroom (1969) :30 (UK)

A man stuffs his pipe and isn't quite prepared for the lady asking him to dance.

"The Sex Hunter" girdle ad, Japan 1969

Gripless! Not quite sure which part exactly is gripless, and the name of the ad makes me a little worried as to why it is gripless...

Viceroy "Don't settle for some of the taste some of the time" (1969) printad (USA)

Don't settle for some of the taste some of the time. Viceroy gives you all the taste all the time.
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Silva Thins - Lower Tar -0:30 (USA) 1969

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Salem - springtime - 0:30 (USA) 1969

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