[Cascade Pictures Animation Sample Reel 2] (sound)

Description: Featuring 1950s cartoon modernism and space age graphic elements as well as typefaces and illustration trends of the 1950s, this assembly of animation samples produced for television commercials is a compact package of graphic arts history. Produced by an animation company to promote the use of animation within television advertisements. Products advertised within these commercials: Kool-Aid; L&M Cigarettes; Johnson's Wax J Wax; Johnson's Wax Raid House & Garden bug killer; White Rain shampoo, Chiffon liquid dish detergent, and Wesix electric heating. Also with references to the jet age and the history of aviation.

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Subjects: 1950s, Design, Film and media art, Domestic life, Commerce, Environmental issues

Tags: cartoons; animation; cartoon modernism; Modern design; illustration; 1950s design; voice-overs; male voices; space age; galaxy motif; space age Modern; domestic life; cleanliness; spokescritters; lions; circuses; Kool-Aid; sugary drinks; beverages; cigarettes; airplanes; aviation; biplanes; Piper PA-60 Aerostar; tail number N5284A; discourse of Modernism; modernity; biplane to jet; jet age; prop jet; man and woman smoking together; glamor of aviation; L&M cigarettes; Johnson's Wax; J-wax; checked shirts; water beading; Raid bug spray; pesticides; environmental harms; demonization of insects; poison control; White Rain shampoo; personal hygiene; whiteness; water-skiing; stock images; woman waterskiing; process plate shots; Chiffon dish soap; housework; electric heat; radiant heat; children's bedrooms; piggy bank; savings; domestic security; space heaters;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Cascade Pictures

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Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Geoff Turner Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1957

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: television commercial, animation

Language: eng

Rights: notice on film states: "KOOL-AID IS A REGISTERED TRADE - MARK OF GENERAL FOODS CORP."

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: release print

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable area

Edge Code: square

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 287