When I was an undergrad (a <i>few</i> years ago), we had a visiting lecturer[1] who taught journalism classes mostly for the newspaper folks on campus. Well prior to consumer VCRs, he had students tape a wide range of political ads and other political-related video. It was really interesting having access to all this stuff in a pre-YouTube and Internet Archive era.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1997&#x2F;07&#x2F;12&#x2F;nyregion&#x2F;edwin-diamond-a-writer-72.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1997&#x2F;07&#x2F;12&#x2F;nyregion&#x2F;edwin-diamond-a-w...</a>