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deimos3.apple.com - 7/21/2009
Bet you can’t watch just one
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Believe it or not, we’ve been watching television commercials for nearly 70 years. Some have made us laugh. Some have made us cry. A few have even encouraged us to go out and buy something. And many TV ads have entered popular culture, influencing us in ways unexpected by advertisers. Though you won’t see many of these ads on TV anytime soon, you can see them on iTunes U thanks to Duke University and its AdViews.

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Mac|Life:  Duke Posts Vintage Commercials on iTunes U

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Duke Posts Vintage Commercials on iTunes U
Mac|Life — You can now download vintage commercials that probably had your parents, driving their parents insane asking for some sugar-coated cereal or new kung-fu grip toy. The spoiled brats! Duke Universtiy is now making it easier for you, and your parents, to take a trip down memory lane. Possibly with less begging and whining. Duke University is posting more than 1,500 historical TV commercials from the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History to iTunes U in a collection called ...

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Beware, huge time-waster alert: New to iTunes are the notable television commercials ( iTunes Link ) from the Duke University libraries. These ads were digitized from the original 16mm preservation film prints in 2009, as part of the AdViews collection. More info.  ...