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The first television commercial ever aired 75 years ago today

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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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