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Description: Here's the first commercial break from the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the 1939 film "Union Pacific" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Bumper slide with movie title next to lights

Commercial: Bobby Hull for Sears Bank & Trust - offering such services as savings and checking accounts, and Deposit Credit (maximum credit limit $5,000) to write yourself an "instant loan" - "Out to Be the Fastest Bank in Town"

Commercial: Chicago Health & Racquet Club - celebrating the grand opening of a new club at One Illinois Center, for June 4th-13th, by offering savings of 60% on membership (prices increase June 13th) - "More of What You Want" (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: McDonald's - trumpeting their fast, friendly service - "Nobody Can Do It Like McDonald's Can" (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Scrabble brand Commercial: Sensor Electronic Word Game from Selchow & Righter - punch in a hidden word and let your opponent try to figure it out - "Playing with Words the Space-Age Way" (voiceover by ??)

Movie bumper slide

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, June 4th 1979.