| TV Ad for Howard Johnson's, 1950s | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2300 |
| Catalog #: | 502682 | |
| Clip Number: | 502682-1 | |
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| Timecode: | 01:00:07 - 01:01:08 | |
| Location: | Massachusetts, United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMERCIALS: Food FOOD: Dairy, Ice Cream FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Diners LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Massachusetts | |
| Description: | TV commercial for Howard Johnson's replete with cloying jingle: great cocked angle MS neon Howard Johnson's sign advertising 28 ice cream flavors & grille; rear view TLS Ford Woody wagon pulling into parking lot of HoJos; MS young white man & woman on date, sitting in booth of restaurant, girl eating happily of an ice cream sundae; MS white bread family of four (Ma, Paw, Junior & Sis) eating ice cream dessert; MS snappily-dressed white man & woman (dig that loud leopard-print jacket hanging from her frame, not to mention his spiffy pinstripe suit) entering HoJo's restaurant, hostess showing them to booth where man hangs his fedora & wool overcoat on post; creepy MS pudgy young white woman licking, smacking lips egregiously, watching wolfishly as an ice cream sundae is delivered before her; MS sign on wall-- "Ice Cream 28 Flavors"; MS white male & female soda jerks making sundae, pouring soda into float glass; CU milkshake being poured into glass from metal mixing decanter; TLS white waitress delivering dessert treats to white group seated at table, night; MS four white teenagers (two male, two female, possibly double date) sitting at soda counter, eating happily of ice cream desserts. | |
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