Texaco, 1970s
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| ♪ (singing in a foreign language) ♪ | 0:01 | |
| Announcer | It's Saturday afternoon all over America, | 0:04 |
| and millions of people are sitting back | 0:07 | |
| and enjoying something that's become | 0:09 | |
| a very special part of their lives, | 0:10 | |
| grand opera, broadcast live, | 0:13 | |
| from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, | 0:15 | |
| home of America's only National Opera Company. | 0:18 | |
| For 38 years, Texaco has been bringing this glorious music, | 0:21 | |
| performed by the world's great opera stars, | 0:24 | |
| to local radio stations, | 0:27 | |
| from Bath, Maine, to Laramie, Wyoming. | 0:29 | |
| ♪ (singing in a foreign language) ♪ | 0:31 | |
| ♪ (singing in a foreign language) ♪ | 0:34 | |
| (cows bawling) | 0:40 | |
| (cows running) | 0:43 | |
| ♪ (singing in a foreign language) ♪ | 0:45 | |
| (rancher laughing) | 0:47 | |
| The Metropolitan Opera needs support | 0:49 | |
| from everyone who loves opera. | 0:50 | |
| And Texaco is proud of the role it has played, | 0:53 | |
| and will continue to play, | 0:55 | |
| in keeping this glorious voice alive. | 0:57 |
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