"The Beauty of Woman" (The DuPont Show of the Week. Production Number 4036), with a DuPont 501 Carpet Nylon commercial
Film or audio · not yet checked at the source
- Made by
- Sponsor: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Date
- 1962
- Held by
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection
- DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300), Series IX. The DuPont Show of the Week, FC 366
- Number
- FC 366
- Size
- 1 reel (1600 ft) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm (00:58:19:00).
- Themes
- Nylon & synthetic fibers (DuPont), Trade catalogs & marketing
Cite this source
Sponsor: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. “‘The Beauty of Woman’ (The DuPont Show of the Week. Production Number 4036), with a DuPont 501 Carpet Nylon commercial,” 1962. FC 366, DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300), Series IX. The DuPont Show of the Week, FC 366, Hagley Museum and Library. digital.hagley.org/FILM_1995300_FC366.
Research notes
Sponsored television program (16mm, low-resolution copy online; high resolution on request). Hagley summary: "A discussion of what makes women beautiful, examining examples of art and celebrities from antiquity to the twentieth century. Includes commercials for DuPont Lucite wall paint, DuPont 501 Carpet Nylon, DuPont Dacron polyester fiber for men's fashion and DuPont Dacron polyester fiber for women's vacation separates." Why it matters: Nylon chapter, open question "DuPont TV commercials for carpet nylon": a dated broadcast carrying a DuPont Carpet Nylon spot. Found: Hagley Digital Archives, search "carpet nylon", 2026-10-28.