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Oldsmobile Cutlass & Toronado Car Commercials General Motors Jc1027 (1973)

1973 · Feature film · 61 min

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This film from 1973 is a compilation of vintage General Motors Oldsmobile car commercials shot on super 8mm film that highlights the structural design, safety, and engineering elements of the vehicles from the Oldsmobile 1973 line of vehicles. The film features twelve commercials that range in duration from four to eight minutes. The majority of the film features pairs of commercials for each car model with one of the commercials produced for the Oldsmobile Division General Motors Corporation by The Tom Thomas Organization made for wide scale distribution and marketing while the other was produced for the information of Oldsmobile sales personnel by Omnicom Productions Lansing, Michigan. The commercials highlight various cars from the 1973 Oldsmobile collection such as the 1973 Oldsmobile ‘98, Cutlass, Vista Cruiser, Omega, Toronado, and Delta ‘88 with the exception of the last two commercials which discuss the Oldsmobile’s trailering and towing capabilities (produced by Marcom, Inc. Southfield, Michigan Oldsmobile Division General Motors Corporation) and General Motors’ warranty policy on the cars. More generally, Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Originally established as "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" by Ransom E. Olds in 1897, it produced over 35 million vehicles, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory alone. Oldsmobile's sales peaked from 1983-1986, but by the 1990s the…

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Running time
61 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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