1960 Jaguar Mark II Sedan

One of the biggest recurring disappointments of my elementary-school days was thinking that I was going to class to see a movie, and finding out I was really going to be sitting through a crappy filmstrip presentation.

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If you don’t remember filmstrips, consider yourself fortunate. Filmstrips were basically automated slideshows of still images with the soundtrack provided via an LP record. Because these shows were generally limited to a dozen or so images, it seemed as though each still image lingered on the screen for hours, though it was really more like two to three minutes.

Like filmstrips, even classic car ads can sometimes seem a little dull without some action to stoke the imagination.

What we have collected here are 16 classic car ads, each of which includes a moving vehicle, or at least a vehicle treated so as to appear to be in motion.

Check them out and tell us which is your favorite. The place to leave comments is down below. Oh, and if you ever suffered through a filmstrip, tell us about that, too.

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1903 Oldsmobile

1903 Oldsmobile Ad

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1930 Chrysler

1930 Chrysler Ad

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1931 Oldsmobile

1931 Oldsmobile Ad

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1935 Ford

1935 Ford Ad (England)

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1946 Mercury

1946 Mercury Ad

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1958 Chevrolet Corvette

1958 Chevrolet Corvette Ad

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1959 MG Magnette

1959 MG Magnette (England)

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1960 Jaguar Mark II

1960 Jaguar Mark II Ad (England)

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1963 Saab

1963 Saab Ad

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1964 Studebaker Avanti

1964 Studebaker Ad

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1964 Oldsmobile F-85  4-4-2

1964 Oldsmobile F-85 4-4-2 Ad

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1973 Dodge Challenger

1973 Dodge Challenger Ad

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1973 BMW 2002

1973 BMW 2002 Ad

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1973 Datsun 280-Z

1973 Datsun 280-Z Ad

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1980 Buick Skylark

1980 Buick Skylark Ad

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2011 Jaguar XJ

2011 Jaguar XJ Ad

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