TV's first commercial aired 75 years ago
The ad was a simple, 10-second spot for Bulova Friday, July 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the first legal TV commercial: an ad for Bulova watches. Aired for the first time on July 1, 1941, the spot clocks in at just nine seconds and shows an image of a Bulova watch over an outline of the United States. Convincing, no? The shaky, black and white commercial recreated above was seen by a few thousand people in the New York area when it ran during an afternoon Dodgers-Phillies baseball game on WNBT....