Goodbye Weeds!

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A sales pitch for an herbicide/fertilizer for the lawn made by Sherwin Williams.

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Complete Record: A sales pitch for an herbicide/fertilizer for the lawn made by Sherwin Williams. To help with the A/V Geeks mission to share these forgotten films unearthed in their archive, this film and hundreds of others can be purchased on DVD (http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/all-av-geeks-dvds/). Higher quality versions of this film can also be licensed for stock footage. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information.

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[Music] this is Henry Smith the first a good man in his time and as you can see his time was long ago things were rough at the dawn of history and Henry was no exception but something else was even tougher than Henry that's right weed personal pride and the fact that he has to get home makes Henry do something about them or try [Music] to poor old Henry L man on the totem pole of progress life wasn't much fun in your day was it not nearly so much fun for example as it was later on about the time the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were busy becoming one of the Seven Wonders of the World by now civilization had progressed to where local Big Wigs couldn't for the life of them see how things could possibly be any better one local citizen however was rather sour on that idea he was Henry Smith the 31st Chief hanging Gardener but the Hanging Gardens were no bed of roses for him ah good old progress but Al last no progress in the weed Department the Yanka Mountain hope technique was the same as it was back in the caveman day days then came the Brave New World across the sea settlements marking Monumental steps forward in man's development came to Henry The 91st a man of piest temperament slow to anger and gentle as a [Music] d [Music] those were the good old days gone all gone and we can't shed a single tear over they're going for life today is so much more pleasant easier happier today is modern new Progressive this is the gracious age the age of pleasant easily run homes of push button cooking of automatic devices one after another to take the drudgery out of necessary [Music] chores yes it's good to be alive today alive and relaxed in the sun relaxed and playing in the sun like this child of nature Henry the 101st he lives in a fortunate age indeed the problems of yesterday are all behind him well most of for [Music] problems I play golf on Saturday afternoons this is Saturday afternoon I play golf what about the lawn the lawn the lawn we so proudly own my pet is spawn of the devil it's a gigantic inhuman plot against me and my good works it is living breathing Pro that that black magic stalks abroad today to make myself perfectly clear it kills me I play Go hi Ma afternoon you're BL oh thanks [Music] a little off my game today you should try loosening your grip it's very helpful sometimes H like this hey hey watch it oh I'm very s very very sure hey Max what is this stuff anyway weed no more the question still stands what is it it's a weed killer oh one of those things I wouldn't say exactly that meaning what meaning this this this particular preparation really works see any Weeds on my Fairway come to think of it now I I haven't recently you mean that this stuff I mean you don't have to pull weeds or poison the grass or or or that is uh this weed what do you call it it's the whole works weed no more the whole works Mr Smith you're B oh yeah [Music] thanks that wasn't bad around today I didn't expect to break a hundred keep trying thanks for the lift home come in a [Music] minute how do you do it how in the world do you do it my yard oh come on take a look [Music] okay that's all there is to it did the whole job whole works Mac was telling me about this this weed no more just what does this stuff do how does it work well it uh causes the weeds to commit suicide I see would you mind repeating that well this is not just another weat killer it works where others fail you see industrial and University scientists worked out weed no more and developed it on the principle that it can be more effective to make a weed kill itself than to poison it and when I say worked I mean worked from a theory to AED tested product was no overnight step years of research went into the job hundreds on hundreds of experiments large sums of money and the result is literally a miracle of science The Lazy Man's way of weeding a shire killer that works like magic making weed shrivel up and die one that definitely does not kill or injure common lawn grasses a sh acting preparation that starts to work immediately on contact one that means sure death to a list of weeds as long as your arm and as I say weed no more does all this by literally forcing the weed to kill itself here's what happens when the weed no more spray comes in contact with the leaves of a weed it is quickly absorbed the leaves curl and twist as the spray affects the entire plant system the roots are weakened the leaves wither and the color Fades soil bacteria and fungus move in and The Roots begin to rot soon the weed is disintegrated completely gone root and all leaving only a hole in the [Music] ground results begin to show within 24 hours within a week brown or dark spots appear [Music] appear and in another week or two the weed is completely shriveled died and rotted away gone for good it can never reappear [Music] later weed no more is really magic modern magic it works on many weeds not just a few Broad Leaf plon for [Music] example [Music] the narrowleaf plon is affected in the same way over a like period of [Music] time reaction of ragweed is more emphatic and the result inevitable and so on Down the Line black [Music] medic po no bind weed dock mustard thisle and many many others sounds like you know a lot about it I like to know what I'm getting for my money how do you mix it two tablespoonfuls and a gallon of [Music] water weed no more my lady oh weed no more for me auction sale Ruby prize oh I know volunteer fire department you my pet married a man a vast discernment sound judgment and rare [Music] acum oh what does it mean this time no doubt you've heard of DDT a jet proportion the atom bomb in short the better known wonders of the modern world no doubt H I have here the prize of them all step up ladies and gentlemen step right up Don't Be Afraid Presto Henry not more hair tonic and with a spray this pet is not hair tonic it's weed no more designed especially to take the back break out of lawn care sweeten the disposition and strengthen the soul it's also designed to save time leave us have at it shall we we killer that little bit for this big lawn that little bit for this big lawn just watch [Music] py only 2 tablespoons to each gallon of water no yes potent stuff highly concentrated and $1 buys enough to treat the average lawn now mix it well and now let us spray wherever the weeds are if the whole lawn's weedy spray at all if they're only weedy patches spray the patches logical huh go back oh let him come let him come this modern Miracle as the man called it hurts only weeds absolutely harmless to animals children henpecked husbands and beautiful wives Henry what if it doesn't work don't try to answer Henry you just go on spraying that lawn of yours let weed no more do the rest weed no more won't fail you any more than it failed on the immaculate Turf of the famed Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland Scene of two national Open golf tournaments it will live up to your fondest expectations just as it does for the owners of beautiful Estates from coast to [Music] coast it will do the job for you as thoroughly as it does for well-known educational centers where carefully maintained grounds add charm and Lovel to their [Music] campuses as solid a job as it does for municipal governments who have found that clean grassy Parkways pay off in civic pride and reputation not to mention motoring pleasure and lovely clean turfed country areas like this add to man-made Beauty utility and profit to Nature [Music] gifts that's right just leave it to weed no more from now on that's all you have to [Music] do except of course wait a little while but not for long at the end of only one week you'll see that weeds are really on their way out and a lovely lawn is on its way [Music] in end of week number two and things look even better it won't be long [Music] now end of the third week complete [Music] success and so at long last the happy ending comes to Henry Smith in his battle against weeds for the first time since the dawn of History he's completely the Victor easily effortlessly economically it took centuries but he finally got there for now it's goodbye [Music] weeds


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