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Soviet Union, apartheid South Africa, East Germany, colonial Hong Kong, Yugoslavia, etc. (February 2013)

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EL
elmarko
That looks absolutely amazing, talk about form and function in one
RE
remlap
A great compilation of East German TV commercials before they were abolished (apparently because many of the advertised products were so difficult to obtain):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VCwcqjcv0

Are you sure these are for television and not the movies considering so much is in colour?
WW
WW Update
A great compilation of East German TV commercials before they were abolished (apparently because many of the advertised products were so difficult to obtain):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VCwcqjcv0

Are you sure these are for television and not the movies considering so much is in colour?


The video is described as "Werbefersehen" ("Fernsehen" means "television"), but then again, YouTube clips are sometimes mislabeled. We do know that East German television had an "advertising" block known as Tausend Tele-Tipps ("Thousand TV Tips"), which ran until 1976, and previously seen segments from that block closely resemble the ones seen in this clip.

Also, the second channel of East German television began to transmit in color in 1969 -- and that happens to be the year when, according to Wikipedia, Tausend Tele-Tipps began to be simulcast on that channel, so anything from 1969 or later is likely to have been filmed in color.

Therefore, I'm inclined to think that these really are TV commercials -- although we can't be absolutely sure.
RE
remlap
Here's some ads from the last days of the GDR in the summer of 1990:

JA
james-2001
A great compilation of East German TV commercials before they were abolished (apparently because many of the advertised products were so difficult to obtain):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VCwcqjcv0


Advert for a cigarette lighter powered shaver there. Years before powering stuff from them became common (and in most cars these days they aren't even lighters any more, just accesory power sockets).

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