The Toy Telephone Truck

Traces the manufacture, distribution, and final sale of a toy truck; and illustrates how many people contribute to make the things that we enjoy. Shows Skipper's mother buying the toy truck for his birthday, and emphasizes the need for proper care of toys. Encourages children to tell stories about their own toys.

Credits

John Smart (producer)

Complete catalog record
classroom w/ students & teacher gathered around a table, on the table kids look at toys and things, kids leave table and return to their desks, teacher stands at front w/ book “Toy Truck”, toy truck, real truck w/ telephone man, women assembling toy trucks, assembly line shots, boxes of toy trucks loaded into truck, train, loaded off train, brought to toy stores, toy electric train, roller skates, toy drum, toy carousel, toy horn, steam shovel, doll, dart board, piano, jack-in-the-box, sailboats, woman putting toy trucks on display, LS of toy store, people buying toys, kid finds toy truck shows to folks, little boy grabs the last one, boy w/ accordion, mom buys truck, woman wraps it as birthday gift, birthday party w/ boy blowing up balloons and playing pin-the-tail-on -the donkey, dad surprises son w/ gift, boy unwraps gift and hugs mom and dad, quick review from factory to happy boy playing with toy w/ friends at party, back to classroom

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, catalog record
  2. Wikipedia — List of Coronet Films — title, year, creator, length, color, credits, video
  3. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, description