13160_13362_gen_tel
1970s
Commercial for General Telephone company; a woman is returning from the grocery store right as a rainstorm begins; she quickly gets inside; at the neighbor’s house, two girls are on a see-saw at the time of the rainstorm, and their babysitter calls them inside just in time; the woman from the grocery calls her neighbor to make sure that her daughters are not in the rain, which they are; male voiceover: “for reassurance, turn to your telephone! Reliable, friendly, helpful. Especially when you take full advantage of its convenience!”; shot of a floor plan of a house, with different phones in different rooms, such as a stylish phone in the bedroom, a utilitarian phone in the den, a slim phone for the workshop, and a wall phone for the kitchen; shot fo the General Telephone logo; voiceover: “for real telephone convenience, let General Telephone help you plan a fully phoned home! Call your General Telephone business office!”