Flit Fly Spray Commercial - Remastered

Flit is the brand name for an insecticide.
The original product, invented by chemist Dr. Franklin C. Nelson and launched in 1923 and mainly intended for killing flies and mosquitoes, was mineral oil based and manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before the company, now part of ExxonMobil, renamed itself first Esso and later Exxon. The Esso formulation contained 5% DDT in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before the negative environmental impact of DDT was widely understood. Later marketed as "FLIT MLO," it has since been discontinued. A hand-operated device called a Flit gun was commonly used to perform the spraying.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flit
Remastered for your viewing pleasure.

[@gjnelsondotcom]

FLIT was created by Dr. Franklin C. Nelson, Sr. My grandfather! (“Pop-Pop.”) I’ve never seen this commercial. Thanks for posting.

[@SleepyPlushy]

Wow really? You must be lucky!

[@jaygill5582]

I remember back in the 80s in Baja the locals talking about Flit bug spray as well. Good times... good times.

[@timelordsrapbattles8498]

Speed Racer brought me here

[@ricanso1125]

Same! The commercials and colonel bleep are half the reason I love Speed Racer to this day.

[@subgrv27]

@@ricanso1125 Me Too

[@Solbadgreg]

Speed Racer the Movie, which was just episodes of The Car Hater and The Mammoth Car. XD

[@garrenreaload4344]

Where did you find it from

[@zacksaulness]

where's the flit house and garden commercial?

[@oxalek8220]

DDT worked. The “environmental impact” was based on hokum. ‘Silent Spring’ was all BS.