Promotion Videos

January 13, 2009 8:25 PM

I'm looking for some video promotion examples that were done with a "Leave it to Beaver" set in the 50's, Black and white, homey feel to them.

I'm looking for some video promotion example that were done with a "Leave it to Beaver" set in the 50's, B&W, homey feel to them. Some that I have seen were done as church promotions. I'm not necessarily looking for real commercials, but spoofs of these types of commercials from that era. I'm not sure what to search for when looking for these types of videos. Any assistance would be appreciated.

posted by johnd101 to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Stephen Colbert (I know his back-catalog deeply) did some old-timey shorts in that style: How to Be Popular. Perhaps from there you can swing through the YouTube "Related Videos" trees to find more. Wouldn't "1950's educational" work?
posted by Tufa at 7:06 AM on January 14, 2009

Here also is a disturbing promotion for Fallout 3.
posted by Tufa at 7:08 AM on January 14, 2009

Hours of fun at the Prelinger Archives for examples of the real thing.
posted by omnidrew at 8:46 AM on January 14, 2009