It was something about throwing garbage on the ground.Also does anybody know how I would find this?
2006-09-18 13:31:26 · 20 answers · asked by .. 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Oh yeah, I remember. It had to do with polluting our lands.. You can see it here.... http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/499/
2006-09-18 13:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by Papa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The ad was part of the "Keep America Beautiful" drive in the early 70s. The tag line at the end when the crying Indian turned his head was, "People start pollution; people can stop it." I have seen it on TV Land a few times, and I think VH1 has featured it on the "I love the 70's" series. (Note: the actor in the commercial, Iron Eyes Cody, died in January 1999. Check Wikipedia for a bio.)
2006-09-18 20:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by voxpompeii 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was about keeping America beautiful and a statement against pollution. The Indian Chief is looking at litter and debris and he is sad about that. Do a google search on pollution/Indian/commercial
2006-09-18 20:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by opsaop 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an ecology-based commercial. The Indian was sad about the environment. Good luck finding it. After this many years it's probably going to be kind of hard. You might try TV land, since they deal with old television and commercials.
2006-09-18 20:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by starysummernight 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was about littering in the forest and it was associated with Smokey the Bear doing the commercials preventing forest fires... same premise ..... sorry dont remember the name of the indian chief..... he was in a canoe paddling down the river and teh tear would roll down his cheek or while standing on the mountain/forest.... OMG what was his name... it was commercials for National Forest Service......see the url below it is the official website for the campaign "keep America Beautiful"
Ah ha!!!! its called the "Crying Indian" campaign started in 1970 *blush* dating myself : ) the Indian's name was Cheyenne in the commercials
2006-09-18 20:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by lisa n florida 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a fantastic public service commerical. The Indian man was crying because people were littering and polluting the environment. It made a huge impact on me at least. "people start pollution, people can stop pollution" was the slogan. You can see the actual video clip @ the addresses listed below.
2006-09-18 21:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by Angy FFRTFC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I found it on the Advertising Educational Foundation website: http://www.aef.com/exhibits/social_responsibility/ad_council/2278
It would be "The Crying Indian" ad, from 1974. I haven't finished downloading RealPlayer yet, so I don't know for sure if this is it.
2006-09-18 20:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Zyrilia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an ad for the highways put out by the federal government to stop littering. Look up "Keep America Beautiful" the Campaign name.
2006-09-18 20:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it was for anti litter. It's still around. Try vh1 I love the 70's they might have a clip. TVland also has retro commercials.
I heard he was not even of Indian decent.
2006-09-18 20:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by Marge Simpson 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iron Eyes Cody...the commercial is on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j66xvqBjXI4
Do you remember the one from the gender pay gap commercial in the 70's that had Batman and Robin tied to a bomb and Batgirl came in to save them, but wanted equal pay?
I wish I could find it online...if you know, drop me a message.
2006-09-18 21:15:18 · answer #10 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an anti-litter commercial and the 'Indian' wasn't an Indian. Weird huh.
2006-09-18 20:38:53 · answer #11 · answered by beez 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋