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Film, Video Oxydol goes into high

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About this Item

Title

  • Oxydol goes into high

Summary

  • This film promotes Oxydol laundry soap to grocers and store owners. This product is presented as the preferred soap for housewives. Four features of the soap are highlighted: it makes clothes whiter, has 40% more suds, is safer for colors, and is safer for white clothes. Lab tests are presented to show the viewer that Oxydol performs better in these categories when compared to competing brands. The brand's advertisements in print and on radio are also featured.

Names

  • Jam Handy Organization
  • Procter & Gamble Company

Created / Published

  • United States : Procter & Gamble, 1938.

Headings

  • -  Detergents
  • -  Laundry

Genre

  • Promotional films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Source used: Jam Handy Organization production log, 1936-1968, accessed via Internet Archive WWW site, June 19, 2020.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 23 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Prelinger Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600749

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Jam Handy Organization, and Procter & Gamble Company. Oxydol Goes Into High. United States: Procter & Gamble, 1938. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600749/.

APA citation style:

Jam Handy Organization & Procter & Gamble Company. (1938) Oxydol Goes Into High. United States: Procter & Gamble. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600749/.

MLA citation style:

Jam Handy Organization, and Procter & Gamble Company. Oxydol Goes Into High. United States: Procter & Gamble, 1938. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600749/>.