Castrol GTX Adverts from the 1970s
Castrol GTX Adverts from the 1970s
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- Release Date: 1st January 1975
- Asset ID: 803331
- Synopsis: 1970s Castrol GTX commercials
- Shotlist: Ad 1) Shots of a man driving a family car down the road for a holiday. Narrowly misses a truck because his brakes fail. Long shot of him and mechanic crouching by the car wheel. CU of Castrol Girling Universal brake and clutch fluid. Ad 2) 'What the People Say' Vox pops with Castrol customers and about their cars and using Castrol lubricants. Various mid and long shots of drivers with their cars. Ad 3) 'Have a Heart' x2 - Footage of a car on road and the gauges on the dash board and oil pouring into an engine and pistons working; the tag line is "put a heart in your car". Ad 4 ) 'DIY' - CUs of parts of a Ford Anglia and a bottle of Castrol GTX in a garage. Ad 5)'Athlete Horses' - GVs of jockeys on racehorses cut with the footage from 'Have a Heart'. Ad 6) 'Have a Heart' Ad 7) 'D.I.Y' Ad 8) 'Athlete Horses' Ad 9) 'Athlete' - Footage of a pole vaulter cut with a car travelling on a road and hurdlers. For Castrol GTX. Ad 10) 'Have a Heart' Ad 11) 'D.I.Y' Ad 12) 'Weightlifter' - shots of a car travelling on a road cut with a weightlifter, a shot putter and a javelin thrower. Ad 13) 'Oil Change' - Shots of a man working on his car in his drive, his wife using the car to go shopping and for family life with footage of a frosty windscreen and a traffic jam and towing a caravan "put a heart in your car" Ad 14) 'CC Wakefield' Opens with a still of Charles Wakefield followed by GVs of race cars both vintage and fro the 1970s and shots of old oil cans and Castrol products. Ad 15) 'Oil Can History' - shots of the different oil cans there have been throughout Castrol's history inter cut with footage of vintage cars Ad 16) 'Great Motoring Extravaganza' - shots of cars, boats and planes from 1899 to 1974 to promote the event and celebrate Castrol's 75 years. Ad 17) 'Mr. Collier' - this advert shows a Bentley Continental and a Morris Minor parked in a drive neither have ever needed an oil change because the owner uses Castrol. Ad 18) 'Mr Jones' Short version x2- Mid shot of man in his garage getting a tin of Castrol oil. Mid shots of him pouring engine in car with neighbour watching Mid shot of man posing with Castrol Oil can Ad 19) Gvs of a green/blue car driving along country roads (mainly tracking aerial shots) Cut with CUs of a can of GTX and a CU of oil pouring from the can into an engine Ad 20) 'Neighbour Jones' - Mr Jones helps his neighbour look after the oil in his car. GVs of man coming to help his neighbour with his car (in Castrol overalls) Various shots of them fixing parts of the car (underneath and with the bonnet open). Mid shot of the two men putting oil in the engine CU of Castrol bottle and oil pouring Mid shot of man with his car and a can of Castrol oil in his hand Ad 21) Wide shot of cars parked in crescent with a man next to each one. Med Long shots of each man holding a signs with a number on it next to car CU of oil can pouring oil into engine zoom in to extreme close up. Wide shot of Cars on road. Ad 22)'What The People Say'
- Production Company: None
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- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: BetaSP_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None