Asbestos: the perfect building material (1952)

In 1952, the Asbestos-Cement Products Association released "According to Plan," a 15-minute commercial extolling the virtues of miraculous asbestos as the ideal construction material, especially for young couples setting out to build houses to raise their families in.

Part 1, Part 2

(Thanks, Tom!)

Update: Rick Prelinger sez, "The asbestos video you just posted is a low-quality derive from the high-quality version from Prelinger Archives. Hey, no problem, it's public domain, but the mpeg-2 is much better for remixing!"

Update 2: Scott sez, "I used the actual audio from the original and animated it, with an MST3K-style onscreen commentary. I did this just after my animation-a-day-for-a-year project ended and just before my show on PlumTV began."