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WHY IS VIDEO TAPE MADE ONLY BY 3M? When the first video recorders were introduced in 1956, there was a big "if." Video recording would revolutionize the television industry IF someone could make a magnetic tape that would meet its fantastic demands for quality and durability. This meant a tape with an essentially perfect oxide coating that would hold up under tremendous operating pressures, heat and tension under repeated use. This, then, would result in cutting production costs for TV commercials in half, provide perfect rehearsal conditions, eliminate fluffs and insure a "live-looking" finished product. In short, it meant doing the nearly-impossible. 3M did it . . . and when the daylight saving time deadline of April 27, 1957, brought demands for video tape in quantity, 3M did it again. What made the difference? Experience and research. 3M had 50 years of experience in precision coating processes. 3M pioneered in magnetic tape manufacture. After three years, 3M remains the only commercial manufacturer of video tape. While others try to make a workable video tape, 3M can concentrate on further advances in "Scotch" brand, the tape that is already time-tested. M'" 'M" »M" "Scotch" and the Plaid Design are Registered Trademarks of 3M Co., St. Paul 6, Minn. Export: 99 Park Ave., New York. Canada: London, Ontario. £ 1960 3M Q 70 SPONSOR • 24 OCTOBER 19