Political Ad Videos

A collection of the best 2000 campaign TV ads from presidential candidates, and PAC issue ads is available for classroom use. The VHS tape includes a sample of the best short ads or abbreviations from longer ads by all candidates airing ads. The new tape, 2000 Primary Ads, is available for $175.00 and includes the cost of tape, copying and mailing.

In addition, a series of historical presidential television commercials is available for classroom use. Types of Presidential Ads (60 minutes) is a tape of the best 1952-1996 talking head, documentary, production, humor, testimonial, attach, person-in-street, issues, music, party and PAC ads ($225).

Other tapes include "1996 Presidential Ads" (107 minutes) with the best short ads from the primary and general election campaigns ($225), "1952—1996 Short Ads" (95 minutes) with presidential short commercials, mostly 30 or 60 seconds long, in chronological order ($225), "1952—1996 Long Ads" (141 minutes) with ads running two to five minutes each ($225), "1952— 1996 Negative Ads" (81 minutes, $225), "1992 Ads (87 minutes, $125), "1988 Ads" (60 minutes, $125), "1984 Ads (47 minutes, $125), "1980 Ads (44 minutes, $125), and "1996 Pri-mary Ads" (60 minutes, $125).

Order from L. Patrick Devlin, Department of Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island, 60 Upper College Rd., Suite 1, Kingston, RI 02881-0812 or phone 401-874-4724 or FAX 401-874-4722.