Liberals use century old train smash in latest election ad

Tim Burrowes

August 2, 2010 5:50

The Liberal Party has gone back to 1913 for it latest election attack ad.

The ad focuses on issues such as Labor’s problems with its home insultation scheme, the cost of living and immigration.

It concludes with archive footage of a deliberate head-on crash between two steam trains shot at the 1913 California State Fair.

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.

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2 COMMENTS

Anonymous 3 Aug 10

I laughed for a good 10 minutes at that train crash. I know they dont want to spend alot of money on election ads, but really? An old timey train crash? Get something that won’t have voters “lol”ing so we can take you seriously!

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Anon 3 Aug 10

The train crash footage is probably the most up-to-date thing the Libs have put out so far! It’s hard to have a vision for the future when you only look in the rear-view mirror.

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