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The first-ever television commercial aired 75 years ago today

David ChoiJul 1, 2016, 18:09 IST

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On July 1, 1941 at 2:29 p.m, the first television commercial appeared on screens in the US.

The shaky, 10-second spot for Bulova, a New York based watch company, aired right before a Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies baseball game and cost $9.

Here's the commercial:

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