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This retro Woman's Day TV ad from 1982 uses race-calling to sell issues during Melbourne Cup week.
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A look at the creation of the iconic 'Louie the Fly' jingle, named by the NFSA in 2018 as one of the Sounds of Australia.
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Nick Herd drew on the NFSA collection to research his new book, Networking, which places the history of Australian commercial television in its proper context.
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This very short, jaunty jingle was produced by Jack Grimsley. This is one take of four that we have in the collection.
It's not clear what the association was between Skippy and this tune. It may...
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This jingle for Gilbey's Gin was composed by Jack O'Hagan in the 1940s or 50s.
After the Second World War, O’Hagan’s catchy comedic and topical songs declined in popularity. He successfully moved...
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This advertisement and competition by Duracell uses the upcoming Apollo moon landing in it's promotion. This advertisement was included among a large number of analogue audio tapes from Australia's...
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This advertisement was submitted by Nintendo in a competition for television ads of over 30 seconds. It shows Tim Ferguson as 'Rick Hazard', a kind of Evil Knievel stuntman, trying unsuccessfully to...
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John Farnham provided the vocals for many well-known advertising campaigns of the late 1960s and early '70s, including this 1970 advertisement for Fanta soft drink, titled 'Fancy Nancy'.
It's common...
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The success of Skippy meant that other companies quickly saw an opportunity to promote products and services to the same audience.
This advertisement from the Commercial Banking Company (CBC Bank) is...
