https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fa15456f-cca9-4fc3-8e0d-303f29f5b9a6 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com In 1966, roughly a year before he became famous starring in "The Graduate", actor Dustin Hoffman starred in this commercial promoting the Volkswagen Type 3 fastback sedan. He was 29 years old. At the time, one of the knocks against VW was that the cars were very small in size, and this ad worked against that stereotype. The car was produced until 1973. The Volkswagen Type 3 is a compact car was manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1961 to 1973. Introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Type 3 was marketed as the Volkswagen 1500 and later as the Volkswagen 1600, in three body styles: two-door Notchback, Fastback and Variant, the latter marketed as the 'Squareback' in the United States. Like the Beetle, the Type 3 rear-engined, 4-cylinder air-cooled engine, as well as body-on-chassis construction Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDz8fkXJ0AI Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:15:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fa15456f-cca9-4fc3-8e0d-303f29f5b9a6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.