Mystery VHS Tape????

The only results that come up for me are a drug store. Maybe it was something to be played on TVs in the store around Christmas?

VHS players can still be had for less than $100, probably lots of them at Goodwills and the like. You'll need an external capture device.

Less than $100? I mean, yeah, I'll say. The flea markets around here usually sell them for like $10

Hello, everyone! I am so sorry for how long it took to get back to this thread, but after buying multiple dud units at thrift shops, I FINALLY have a functioning VHS player and have been able to watch the tape.

The Parke-Davis 1991 Holiday Show is actually not a show, nor does it mention a holiday at all. Instead, it is approximately 15 mins' worth of B-roll footage and history about the Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical company, the achievements its staff completed throughout '91, and a congratulatory message for all of that year's retirees. They also showed each retiree's name, a photo, and the month and year each retiree started at Parke-Davis. The music backtrack is solely instrumentals.

It ends pretty abruptly with no credits, and I am confident that this was not made for any outside distribution beyond the company itself.

After some research, it looks like Parke-Davis was acquired by Pfizer in 2000, with their Ann Arbor, Michigan research facility closing sometime in 2007. I acquired this tape in Ann Arbor, so I would not be surprised if the person who originally owned it worked at that facility before its closure. Maybe they even were among the retirees honored in the video!

From here, I'm trying to figure out what is best to do with this footage. My first idea was to try to find the address of the estate sale again, and contact the family to see if they would like the tape back, or if it should be digitized and put on the Internet Archive. Since it was likely not meant to be public at all, I'd love to hear others' thoughts on where to go from here!

Internet Archive that tape like a champ.