Need help, its an odd request

[Mcnubins]

I'm looking for some old videos for a marketing class of mine. Specifically the 1989 Infiniti Pre-Launch commercial and the 1989 Infiniti - Flock of Geese commercial. On the www.nissancommercials.com/infiniti.htm site it lists them but the links seem to be dead or there is no way to open a .ram file. I'm not sure which. If anyone can help me it would be wonderful.

[Ace2cool]

Hm, let me see what I can do for you. I'll try and pull someone with access to the video site in here... Hang tight, bud.

[audtatious]

.ram files should open directly in a browser as it is primarily a pointer to a video on another site. In this case it seems the site with the video no longer exists so it won't play. I'll look around to see if I can find that video elsewhere but it's doubtful I'll find anything quickly. Seems there were a few .ram links to that site and the video's are all gone.

Note: this may be the "geese" commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKdTCZm9LAM

[Mcnubins]

Thanks for all the help guys. I really appreciate it.

[Mcnubins]

Just a follow up, any luck? If I can get these videos I can get an automatic 100 for a test grade.

[Ace2cool]

Do you need them in any specific format? You can download Youtube Vids using FireFox, I use the downloadhelper extension. It will download YouTube videos in the .flv format, and then you can use VLC media player to play the flash videos.

[audtatious]

The geese one is linked in my first reply. If you have to have a copy then do what is mentioned above or go to http://www.keepvid.com/

I don't have the first video nor expect to find a copy any time soon. It's been so long I don't even remember what it looked like to do searches for.

[Mcnubins]

Its primarily the first vid I need. Oddly enough I'm using it as an example of a marketing campaign gone terribly wrong. If its gone its gone but I do really appreciate it guys. Thanks for taking the time to help. Guess I'll have to use the Apple Superbowl ad like everyone else.

[Dattebayo]

I believe that the video you are talking about is called "rocks and trees", and this might help. But, it wants to get you to make an account?

I dunno, see if it helps: http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=119895

Who knows, right?

[audtatious]

Yeah, I remember the video now. It was by Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos ad agency and after it was a flop Nissan dropped them. Probably why the video is so difficult to find at this point, IMO.