Adventures In Telezonia

Year Published: 1953

Creator: American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: ADVENTURE IN TELEZONIA (1949) American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PUPPETRY: Bil and Cora Baird. One of the Bell Telephone System’s many films instructing the public on proper use of the; telephone. Bobby finds his lost dog with the help of the residents of Telezonia, who teach; him how to use directory assistance, party lines, and proper phone manners.; Thanks for your contributions to get this online! Help us get more films online by contributing to our project - Help Digitize 100 Miles of the AV Geeks films. 16mm at a time.

Complete Record: ADVENTURE IN TELEZONIA. Bil Baird’s Marionettes. 17 min., color., 35mm. Copyright not registered. ADVENTURE IN TELEZONIA (1949, sound, 17 min, color, 35mm) Sponsor: American telephone & telegraph Co. Production Co.: Bil Baird’s Marionettes. Puppetry: Bil and Cora Baird. Resources: Copyright not registered; “topics and Sidelights of the day in Wall Street,” NYT, June 9, 1950, 37; EFG (1953), 559; “Course in How to use telephone rings Bell for Elementary School Children,” CT, nov. 17, 1955, W1. Holdings: AAFF, LC, Macdonald. One of the Bell Telephone System’s many films instructing the public on proper use of the telephone. Bobby finds his lost dog with the help of the residents of Telezonia, who teach him how to use directory assistance, party lines, and proper phone manners. note: Adventure in Telezonia was the Bairds’ second film for AT&T; “Telezonia” was the name of an instructional package on good telephone habits that was prepared for schools. It contained this film as well as practice telephones. A revised version was released in 1969.