Why would they need a TV commercial? It wasn’t exactly a mass market product. About the only companies that could afford one of them were the companies they listed - US Steel, GE, in addition to the government.
The commercial is really all about selling razors.
It’s like the emphasis on sustainability” that you see in a modern oil company commercial.
“They care”
Yes, maybe so, but what they really want is really want is for you to buy their gasoline and their stocks.