Party Lines

Year Published: 1946

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Bill Baird's marionettes show how neighbors must share many things, including their telephone party lines. Presents humorous examples of everyday situations, climaxed by the hero's futile attempt to call the fire department in time to save a grouchy neighbor's home.

Complete Record: Uses marionettes to demonstrate the importance of cooperation. Shows what happens when someone spends too much time on a party-line telephone, and suggests how to get good service.SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Eddie Albert Productions. CAMERA: VernonLewis. PUPPETRY: Bil and Cora Baird. RESOURCES: Copyright not registered; “Puppets for Public Relations,”Bus Scrn 8, no. 4 (1947): 30. HOLDINGS: AAFF, MacDonald, SI/NMAH, UGA.Instructional film using marionettes to illustrate the proper etiquette for telephone subscriberssharing party lines. NOTE: Produced in Kodachrome.

Metadata Source:University of Georgia Brown Media Archives

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AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, University of Georgia Walter J Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection

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