Planned Parenthood of New York City Public Service Announcement

Date: 1974.
Credit: National Library of Medicine, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare TV spots, NLM Unique ID 9918231300406676.

A public service announcement on the many birth control options available through Planned Parenthood.

Duration: 0:35 minutes.


[Calming background music plays while female narrator speaks. Camera pans out of a still image of 10 colourfully decorated eggs.] No two of us are exactly alike and no one birth control method is just right for everyone. [Camera pans across a still image of 2 large colourfully decorated eggs beside 2 small eggs.] There are several family planning methods that work very well. [Camera pans across a still image of 2 large colourfully decorated eggs beside 6 small eggs.] And some that don't work very well at all. [Fades into a still image of a large decorated egg beside a small egg, then fades and camera pans into a still image of an egg wearing a head mirror and an egg wearing a nursing cap.] You can get help in choosing a birth control method that is safe, reliable, inexpensive, and just right for you. [Contact information for Planned Parenthood of New York City appears.]