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Coleco - Smurf (CA classic) - 0:30 (USA)

Hey there are smurfs!

Clarks - Decathlon - (1982) :30 (UK)

Malt-O-Meal - A nice part of a balanced breakfast (1981) :30 (USA)

I guess it is, though I have never had Malt-O-Meal.

Burger King - The Magic Tube (1981) :30 (USA)

Kids play with the magic tube, making a yellow square change places with the red! 
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Ralston - Dinky Donuts Panel of experts (1981) :30 (USA)

A panel of experts - taste it! Don't talk with your mouth full.

General Mills - Trix / Beach spy (1981) :30 (USA)

"It's the cereal I treasure, delicious fruit-flavored Trix..."  Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

Ralston - Dinky Donuts In court (1981) :30 (USA)

Kids talk donuts in court

Tomy - Fashion Plates (1981) :30 (USA)

Fashion plates! You combine the plates and can draw so many different outfits, with different patterns and all.
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Coke / Coca-Cola - Mean Joe Green (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

This ad was first aired on 1 September 1979 - it made its super bowl debut in 1980

Raleigh - The boxer, the striker, and the grifter (1980) :30 (UK)

Raleigh introduces new bikes

Parker Brothers - Nerf Football (1980) :30 (USA)

Nerf football - la la la

Will Rogers Institute - Have your kid immunized today (1980) :10 (USA)

"Some parents don't immunize their kids" - cue a chorus of kids singing "I've been immunized today"

Will Rogers Institute - Have your kid immunized today (1980) :30 (USA)

You should have your kid immunized today!
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Colgate Pump - Madness (Baggy Trousers) - (1980) :30 (UK)

These kids do their best Madness impressions. See also Colgate Blue Minty Gel.
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Colgate - Madness Blue Minty Gel (baggy trousers) - (1980) :30 (UK)

This one is for you, Alex. The kids sing along to Madness' "Baggy trouses" except they're singing about cool blue minty gel.

McDonald's - Snow (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Snow day and the kids are out to play - then treat themselves to McDonald's

Coke / Coca-Cola - Mean Joe Green (1980) - 0:30 (USA)

Mean Joe Green gives a kid his jersey. He ain't so mean after a Coke and a smile.
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Coke / Coca-Cola - Mean Joe Greene / Hey Kid, catch! - long (1980) - 0:60 (USA)

Mean Joe Greene gets nice after drinking Coke.

Swiss Miss Pudding - Lunchbox treats - (1980) :30 (USA)

"In twelve years of school, the average parent gives the average child this many lunchbox treats.

Jordache Jeans - The Jordache Look Classroom (1980) :30 (USA)

"You've got the look!" a schoolboy suddenly sings the Jordache jingle to the pretty girl behind him in class.

Dunkin' Donuts - It's worth the trip (1980) :30 (USA)

A group of cute kids sing the jingle: "Dunkin' Donuts, you can't buy'em in a grocery store.

Hovis - Runaway (1979) :45 (UK)

I was no more than knee-high to a grasshopper when I ran off from home.

Trident - New softer gum & New Tooth (1979) :30 (USA)

"Gee mom, I like this new Trident" "Good, cuz I like that new tooth"

Ortega Tacos - Fun to make Fun to eat (1979) :30 (USA)

What's the most fun about Ortega tacos? EATING THEM!

Fritos 'Munch-A-Bunch' Song (1979) (USA)

Sing along!

Top Ramen - How many noodles (1979) :30 (USA)

Mm, that looks good Cory. How many noodles do you think are in that top ramen noodle soup?

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

The Green Cross code - Headquarters (1975) :30 (UK)

The Green Cross code headquarters! 

The Green cross code - "Green cross man - lesson in crossing" (1975) :50 (UK)

Yes, that's Dave Prowse best known for portraying "Darth Vader", here being the good guy helping children cross the street safely. 

Fab detergent - Little girl with big brothers (1975) :30 (USA)

What do I do with my little girl who is determined to keep up with her brothers? I let her!

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny (1975) :30 (UK)

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny ad by Ogilvy (1975) Sausage rolls... in a can?

Mrs. Butterworth - Kim Fields / Thick and Rich (1974) :30 (USA)

Long before she became "Tootsie" in "The facts of life", young and adorable Kim Fields had her small-screen acting debut in this M

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Dan & Ben - (1973) :30 (UK)

"He'll never be a poor starving artist."

Hovis bread - Uphill - (1973) 0:35 (UK)

A young lad works hard for his Hovis.

Farley's Rusks "Once a Farleyman, always a Farleyman" (1973) :30 (UK)

Farleys Rusks TV ad by Ogilvy from 1973 Mum Says

Kodak - Skiing print ad 1972 USA

"Would you risk this moment on anything less than Kodak film?" Owning the "Kodak moments" was the strategy for years. 

Parent's Leaflet PSA - Under your feet is better than under a car. (1972) :30 (UK)

This ad warns of the dangers of letting your kids play outside with the most brutal endline. Under your feet is better than under a car.

TAB - Be a mind sticker (1971) :30 (USA)

"Be a mind sticker" and the way to do that is to stay forever young and slim apparently because he loves "the shape you're in"

Greyhound - Two Americans on a Greyhound (1970) printad

Two Americans on a Greyhound

Phillips 66 - kid gas stand - 0:30 (USA) 1969

Partial ad. Kids have a gas stand instead of a lemonade stand, serving the Phillips 66 anti pollution oil and gas.

Liljeholmens ljus - Light a candle / Gille & Kupé (1968) 2:44 (Sweden)

"Here are some scenes from a film that Liljeholmens recently recorded. It is about 25 minutes long.

Alka-Seltzer® For the man who has everything - print, 1967 USA

HEADACHE. A gift from your eldest son. In exchange for the shiny, loud cap gun you gave him. So take Alka-seltzer and take heart.
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Mustang & Post Rice Krinkles - So-Hi presents Mustang in box - (1966)

This vintage ad is an early example of cobranding, Rice Krinkles had a series of Mustangs inside their cereal box, little toy cars that came in Arcadi

Johnson - Daisy countdown / Daisy girl - (1964)

"One...Two...Three...Four...Five...Seven...Six....Six...." Lyndon B.

"The blind are also color blind" - support of the Civil Rights bill, 1964

Photo Taken At The Foundation For The Junior Blind Summer Camp, Los Angeles, By Doug Wilson.

Bell Telephone System - My Daddy - (1957) printad (USA)

"My dad goes a hundred thousand miles away sometimes, but he always calls us up and makes us feel good"

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