Toys Footage - WPA Film Library

Toys

Mickey's Minstrels & Alfred Wallace

TOYS IN CALEDONIAN MARKET People do last minute Christmas toy shopping at the Caledonian market, London.

CHILDREN'S PARADISE TOY FAIR Good item showing Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany.

TOY STORY: CANADA Lots of toys in Canadian shops ready for Christmas.

GERMAN TOYS International Toy Fair

Christmas Scene

STUDENTS DESIGNED PRODUCTS Students demonstrate their own designs of forklift trucks, camera and play house.

GERMAN TOYS International Toy Fair

PRISONERS REMAKE CHRISTMAS TOYS - TEXAS Women prisoners restoring broken dolls for needy children, men repairing boys toys.

MANY INVENTIONS Two inventions are shown - a three wheeled taxi and a globe which has jigsaws inside.

ROCKING ALONG - SIXTY SECONDS WITH THE KIDDIES Kids Ride Toy Horses

TOYS FOR THE WORLD Children and adults have fun at a Toy Fair in Brighton, Sussex.

TOY FAIR Toy Fair in Brighton

TV ad for Marx Carry-All Action Playsets

SCHOOLBOYS EXHIBITION A robot and a model aircraft carrier at The Schoolboys' Exhibition.

SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLIES - A MODEL HOUSE Ornate doll's house is shown to the camera - two young girls are seen playing with the contents.

Toddler playing

TOYS DEPOSITED WITH BANK FOR DISTRIBUTION TO POOR CHILDREN Girls entering toy bank, girls at counter talking to boy standing on chair up to counter.

DOLLS HOSPITAL Children bring their sick and injured dolls to Jack's Doll Hospital where they are repaired and made good as new.

TOYS MENDER (aka TOYS TO MEND) A carpenter mends children's toys at the roadside

TV ad for Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots by Marx

TOY ARMY TO BEAT GERMAN ARMY Lots of Kinds of Toys Are Being Made in Britain for War Time Children

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MODERN AIRPLANE COMPETITION

Xmas Story; A Bright Picture Around The World

News in Brief: Toy Soldier Fair

Model Airplane Meet

Dolls Made by Sailors;c. 1910s

Season's Greetings: Our Christmas Card To You

Army Uses Toy Planes As Targets

Christmas: Dreams Come True During This Season.

Toy Fair.

Dolls Donated To Orphan Girls

Lionel Toy Trains

Toddlers Togs N' Toys

Sports: Motor Boat Show.

TARGET 6,000 TOYS Stars donate presents to Variety Club for underprivileged children.

Personalities in the News: Hero Skipper.

News in Brief: Model Air Show.

"Khrushchev" In Canada

Sports: Germany, Fabulous Flotilla.

News in Brief: Toy Fair in New York.

Paris Xmas.

March Of Dolls.

Mass Launching Of Homemade Missiles

News In Brief: Toy Town

Merry Musical Mechanics

News in Brief: Texas, Model Plane Meet.

Hello Girls Help Santa Claus With 4000 Xmas Dolls

Toy Shops Work Overtime

Toys Guns Banned By Children

Thrift In The Gay '90's

DOLLS IN NATIVE COSTUME Collection of dolls of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret on display.

CHILDREN GIVING TOYS Dutch kids give toys for British kids.

SPIN TO WIN Various shots of a top spinning competition in Malaya.

XMAS TOYS PREVIEW Footage of the latest British toys on display in London.

WORKING MODEL OF BRITISH RAILWAY'S NEW RAILWAY Close-up shots of model passenger and freight trains moving around a circuit.

YO-YO Man plays with yo-yo. Scrapbook 1933 inserts.

SPACE HOPPERS German family going shopping bouncing around on space hoppers.

RADIO CONTROLLED MODELS Colonel Harold Taplin tests out radio controlled speedboats which he has designed and built.

DOLLY COMES TO TOWN Dolls are made at a factory in Italy.

"SAILING SAILING....!" Young boys prepare and race model yachts on a lake in Germany.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CHURCH SERVICE FOR TOYS

TOY PLANE (aka BACKYARD FLYING) A father rigs up a model aeroplane for his 3 children and it flies around the garden on a cable.

MODEL PLANES Radio controlled plane wins National Model Aeroplane Championships in Chicago.

Cineviews In Brief No.61 A tiny Australian aeroplane called 'The Flying Flea'.

CHILDREN'S PARADISE Children admiring mechanical toys at the Paris Toy Carnival.

FELIX GOES TO INDIA Explorer Major Forbes Leith is presented with a mascot for his expedition to India.

NEWS IN FLASHES - LAMBETH American toys for British children.

REMOTE CONTROLLED CAR Footage of remote controlled racing car.

GIFTS FROM AMERICAN CHILDREN Actress Mary Clare presents American Red Cross gifts to British Children.

QUEEN INSPECTS AMERICAN GIFTS Queen Elizabeth looks at gifts of toys and clothes donated by people in America.

ROYAL VISITORS TO THE BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR Royal family visits the British Industries Fair.

BACKSTAGE WITH SOOTY Sooty is brought to life with the help of Harry Corbett and also Bill Garrett, the engineer behind the show.

GRANDAD TOYMAKER [sic] (aka GRANDDAD TOY MAKER) Wooden toys are made to the designs of 86-year-old Walter Lines at this factory.

TARGET 6,000 TOYS Celebrities donate gifts to the Variety Club for underprivileged children. Savoy Hotel, London.

XMAS CHEER EVERYWHERE Item showing various nice Christmas stories.

CHRISTMAS STOCKING - AMERICAN AIRMEN ARE SANTA CLAUS TO ORPHANS

TOYS FOR NEXT XMAS Latest toys on display at British Toy Fair in Brighton.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. Toys given to London orphans.

INDOOR FLYING Footage of Mr Reginald Pattinson's indoor flying machine.

PUPPETS Exhibition of puppets at Leicester Square includes a puppet show for children.

DAVE AND DUSTY (SOLDIERS) Little boy swops a banana for some toy soldiers in shop.

DOLL'S DOCTOR Jack Birkett is a "toy doctor" - he fixes broken dolls at Hampstead Day Nursery.

TOY FACTORY Dolls and other toys are made in toy factory.

WASHING MACHINE miniature washing machine being assembled and demonstrated

VARIETY CLUB TOPS A MILLION Variety Club Luncheon in London, then we see where the presents and money go.

MODEL BOATS WITH POWER Radio controlled model boats compete for Challenge Trophy at Eastbourne.

SCHOOLBOYS EXHIBITION Boys and girls have a great time at the annual Schoolboys and Girls exhibition at Olympia.

DRIVING? TEACH 'EM YOUNG A new play centre teaches children road safety. Camden Town, London.

XMAS ROUND THE WORLD Various shots of Christmas lights and people shopping in major World cities.

SACRAMENTO, CAL. (Part of NEWS IN FLASHES) A toy lending library is set up for local children in California.

ANTIQUES Display of the exhibits at the Antique Dealers Fair in London: toys, gu

NEW TOYS New toys are seen at the Brighton Toy Fair.

PETER CUSHING Peter Cushing makes, collects and plays with toy soldiers.

EVE BOSWELL'S CLOWN DOLLS

TOY MUSEUM A look at some interesting toys of the past at The Toy Museum

MODEL RAILWAY

SCHOOLBOYS EXHIBITION Grown men relive their childhood at a Schoolboys' Exhibition which includes model trains and cars.

XMAS TOYS PREVIEW Lots of new toys are shown before going on the Christmas market.

TOY MUSEUM (aka DOLLS' MUSEUM) Two girls look at a collection of toys and dolls at a museum in Hackney.

THE TOYS - OWN XMAS PARTY Toys come to life and have their own Christmas party with the help of some camera trickery.

TOY FAIR A great toys are displayed at London Toy Fair.

SCHOOLBOYS' EXHIBITION Various shots of schoolboys enjoying exhibits at the Horticultural Hall.

DOLLS (aka DOLL EXHIBITION) Charity exhibition of dolls through the ages.

HOW MANY SHOPPING DAYS? Christmas toys preview at Strand Palace, and giant Christmas pudding at Cadby Hall. London.

YOUNG PATIENTS SHOP FOR XMAS Disabled children shop for Christmas presents at store in Carshalton. Surrey.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT SELFRIDGES Parents and their children go shopping for Christmas toys in Selfridges.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 103) A mechanical shop staffed by dolls

SANTA CLAUS IN BUDAPEST A charming working model of a Hungarian town is on show in a toy shop in Budapest, Hungary.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MODEL BOATS LAUNCHED IN BERLIN

TOYS model railway factory

CEREMONIES IN ENGLAND AND ITALY Harvest festivals with a difference.

BABY DOLL PARADE Young girls parade with their toys in a competition in Chicago.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - EXHIBITION OF TOYS

PEEPS AT TOYLAND Children visit department stores to play with toys and see Father Xmas in New York and London.

MODEL ENGINEERS’ REGATTA People enjoy sailing their model boats on the pond in H

PARIS Exhibition of dainty dolls at International Sow in Paris.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Toy Fair in Paris

Selected Originals - VOGHERA ELEGGE 'MISS BAMBOLA' 1951 Material related to newsreel story "Xmas Pie" - 51/102.

TOY FAIR (aka NEW IDEAS IN TOYS) Great toys on display Nuremberg Toy Fair, Germany.

BRITISH TOYS LEAD WORLD. Scenes from the Toy and Fancy Goods Fair in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

TOYS FOR HOME AND ABROAD Women workers make toys for export in a factory.

HANDMADE TOYS Yootha Rose carves and paints toys such as miniature dolls' house and stagecoach.

DOLL'S PERM Jacqueline and Mavis give their doll a perm with a special perming kit

CHARLES CREED fashion designer Charles Creed showing off collection of Napoleonic models.

DAVE & DUSTY - TOY HORSE Dave and Dusty play with a toy horse discarded by a little girl

TOY SOLDIERS A look at how toy soldiers are made at a factory

FELT CARICATURES Group of people who gather together to make stuffed felt caricatures in their spare time.

BRITISH TOY FAIR British toy fair at Waldorf Hotel in London.

INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR Adults and children try out toys on display at Harrogate International Toy Fair.

XMAS TOYS PREVIEW Footage of the latest British toys on display in London.

TOYS GET NEW LOOK National Toy Exhibition - lots of new toys on show.

OUR TOYS ARE TOPS Toy Fair shows off lots of new things to play with."Brighton. Our Toys Are Tops".

DOLLS KNOW THE ANSWERS Dolls, both manufactured and human, on display at toy store in London.

TESTING TOYS IN USA Toys being melted, dropped and operated as part of testing.

CHRISTMAS STOCKING - TOY FACTORY AT WIMBLEDON

Eleanor Roosevelt Buys Toys

TOY FACTORY Toys are made and tested by children in toy factory.

MODEL ENGINEERING EXHIBITION Model Engineering Exhibition is held in Seymour Hall, London.

RADIO GUIDES SEAPLANE MODELS Enthusiasts fly their model seaplanes in international contest at Velbert, Germany.

A TUDOR VILLAGE DOWN UNDER A model of a Tudor English village is built by a man with Polio in Tasmania.

MODEL GERMANS Model Aircraft Contest in Bochum.

MODEL GERMANS International Model Ship Contest in Stuttgart

SHOW TIME (aka MODEL ENGINEER EXHIBITION - "SHOW TIME" NUMBER 1) Men and boys gaze in wonder at the models in this exhibition.

MARVELS IN MINIATURE Model Engineering exhibition at New Horticultural Hall, London.

NEWS IN FLASHES - ROME. Miniature car race in Rome, Italy.

MODEL AEROPLANE A remote-controlled model airplane.

MODEL SOLDIERS William Carmen of the British Model Soldiers Society shows us part of his collection.

PRINCESS ELIZABETH MODEL Models of Princess Elizabeth being made in workshop

MODEL HELICOPTER Model engineers test some of their models including jet helicopter and airplane.

MODEL TUG A model tug 'Lady Marianne' sails across Ruislip Reservoir on its own.

MODEL COACH (MODEL BUS) Ernest Johnstone drives his miniature bus around Brighton.

MODEL SPEED BOAT Footage of model boat attempting to break world speed record.

WORKING MODELS A story about a man who combines art and mechanics to create animated models which he exhibits.

ELECTRICALLY POWERED MODEL PLANES A man makes electrically powered model planes and boats for pleasure.

MILITARY MINIATURES Historically accurate soldier figures are carved and painted by Marcus Hinton and his wife.

LONDON AIRPORT - AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR BRITISH CHILDREN Men of the American Legion bring toys for British orphans.

Selected Originals - AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR BRITISH CHILDREN Material relating to newsreel story 'American Christmas Toys For British Children' 52/94.

'VARIETY' IS SANTA Variety club Christmas lunch for charity.

Tower Building Contest with Blocks

Toy Store

Cooper Unidentified Reel 1

TV ad for Big Job children’s pedal-action tow truck from Marx

Miniature Circus

Miniature Train Set

Big Automated Statutes in Toyland

THE CLASS WITH TOP MARKS German boys learn about engineering by making models of vehicles and machinery.

Small Fry in Sports: Model Boat Race

ROBOT BOAT Radio controlled boat is is given trials

MECHANICAL MANNEQUINS moving mannequins

PRINCESS ELIZABETH MODEL Models of Princess Elizabeth being made in workshop

THE ARMY OF A DREAM A huge model army is seen in a display at the Royal United Services Museum.

THE ZOO'S WHO Animals at Prague and Liverpool zoos and toy dogs in the United States of America.

RUBBER TOYS (aka RUBBER ANIMALS) Processes involved in making bendy rubber toys.

THE CAMS EXPRESS (aka TOY MENDERS or AMERICAN TOY FACTORY) Airmen at an American Air base collect and fix broken toys to donate to deprived children.

PLASTICINE SOLDIERS 17 years old boy makes plasticine soldiers with unbelievable precision.

CONTEMPORARY DISTRACTIONS A collection of moving 3-D models made from things that include old rope, wood and waste paper.

TOY FAIR A selection of stands and exhibits from the British Toy Fair

DOLLS' SURGEON Barry Elder mends Brigit Master's doll at his Dolls' Hospital

TV Ad for Jordan Marsh House of Dolls, 1950s

MODEL CARS An item about the design and manufacture of Matchbox toy cars.

FUZZBUG DOLLS Fuzzbugs are weird little fuzzy toys - here we hear the fictional and real explanation for their origins.

DOLL FACTORY An item about the manufacture of plastic dolls.

MATCHBOX CARS Nice footage of Matchbox cars being made in a Hackney factory.

CABLE RACING Amazing miniature racing cars zip around a special track at 145 miles an hour.

DOLL'S FACTORY Fabulous story shows how dollies are made at a famous toy factory.

MODEL AIRCRAFT FANATICS The Bromley Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Society fly their planes from a field in Kent.

HAND CARVED SOLDIERS Mr Jon Trice, miner from Kent, carves toy soldiers in his spare time - a great collection.

TOY FAIR A sneak preview of the new toys on display at the Brighton Toy Fair.

TOY SOLDIERS Manufacture of toy soldiers at Hornsey in London.

CHRISTMAS TREE AND CHILDREN Public Christmas celebration with Santa giving presents to children.

MISS DOLLY COMES TO TOWN Dolls are made at a toy factory at Merton.

DUTCH CHILDREN WITH TOYS FROM BRITISH CHILDREN Dutch kids donate toys for British kids as thank-you present for liberation of their country.

DUTCH CHILDREN WITH TOYS FOR BRITISH CHILDREN Dutch kids give toys for British kids as thank-you present for the liberation of their country.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 138) A model airplane meet

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 67) Tin soldiers are made and put in battle scenes

THE SUPER KIDDIE CAR a small boy driving a replica model of a motor car

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 40) Teenagers watch a radio-controlled model boat

TOY TIME Children look at some funny and scary toys.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 42) A model boat travels across a lake.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 124) Children look at mechanical toys

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 A one-boy bus

CLOCK WORKS Preserved clocks and mechanical figures are seen in Switzerland.

EVERYONE LOVES FELIX Life sized Felix dolls are seen leaving the factory on the back of a horse and cart.

ALL ABOARD THE 11:29 Good footage of the a steam locomotive travelling at speed through the countryside.

MODEL LESSONS Young boys enjoy looking at model soldiers at and a castle at schools model lesson.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 54) A girl's play house

FELIX GOES TO INDIA Out takes (rushes, cuts) Explorer Major Forbes Leith is presented with a mascot for his expedition to India.

AND FELIX GOES TOO Felix doll accompanies young explorers on Arctic expedition.

TOY BOATS Model speed boats race around the boating pond in Victoria Park.

CHILDREN'S PARADISE Children admiring mechanical toys at the Paris Toy Carnival.

25 Years Ago: Eleanor Goes Shopping.

TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS

WHEN TOYS WERE TOYS

TOYS INSPECTED AND AN APPEAL TO REPORT BADLY MADE TOYS

Doll Exhibit 36 Nations Being Displayed

TOYS FOR OUR LIBERATORS

Toy Makers Exhibition

Yo Yo Contest

Toys In Tune

Beanie baby convention

Beanie baby interview

Beanie babies

Beanie babiy interview

QUEEN MARY IN FLEET STREET Queen Mary at Daily Telegraph offices inspecting toys collected for poor children.

Display Window at Halberstadts Eftf. Juveler Solv. Store

Selected Originals VERY SMALL CAR

CLEVER DOLLS Dolls made by sailors of the Grand Fleet while off duty.

HARROGATE TOY FAIR The cream of Britain's toy industry on show in Harrogate.

TOY EXHIBITION Various exhibits of toys and puppets

TRIANG TOY FAIR Children try out new toys at Triang Toy Fair

GERMAN TOYS International Toy Fair

DOLL MAKING IN ITALY

YOUNG GIRL PLAYING Girl Playing With Dolls

TELEPATHIC TWINS Great little story about John and Jim Cramp - three year old twins

ELECTRONIC TEDDY BEAR Air is pumped into a Teddy bear to simulate slow breathing

1965 TOY SHOW IN SYDNEY Toy show in Sydney, Australia.

Toddler

OUR PRINCESS DOLLS A look at two dolls presented by the French nation to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

MODEL PLANES IN SKILFUL DISPLAY Model plane enthusiasts show off their latest models at Surrey Park, Melbourne.

MODEL SOLDIERS CLUB Model Soldiers Club members meeting.

TOYS GET NEW LOOK New and old toys are on show at a toy fair in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

TOY WOOLLEN POODLES Glamorous showgirls at The Windmill Theatre knit woollen poodles for hospital children.

THE YOUNGSTERS’ “COWES” Boys in Dorset compete with their toy boats on a small

SPIN TO WIN Various shots of a top spinning competition in Malaya.

LONDON - ALL SET FOR SANTA Children visit Christmas Toy Fair at London hotel.

VERY SMALL CAR No need to be grown up to drive a car.

TOYS BOOST EXPORT Item showing toys being made for export at Hatfield factory. Hertfordshire.

Toddler playing

DOLLS HOUSE Mr Mace makes a fully furnished dolls house with running water for his daughter Peggy

TOYING FOR EXPORTS New tows presented at the annual pre-Christmas Trade Fair in London.

DINKY CARS Dinky toys add Pathe News camera car to their collection.

MY CAR - BY A VERY SMALL OWNER Funny footage of a very small child driving a miniature car. Policeman checks the driver's licence.

TOY FAIR Toy fair at London's Strand Palace Hotel.

RADIO CONTROLLED MODELS Radio controlled models of boats and aircraft on show at Southend.

TOYS FOR SICK CHILDREN Toys are donated and packed for sick children

LADY EDEN OPENS B.I.F Lady Eden opens the London section of the B.I.F. at Earl's Court.

MATCHBOX TOYS ARP warden from London who makes toys from matchboxes for bombed out kids.

Mechanical Rabbit

SHOW BIZ SANTA CLAUS Ingrid Bergman and other Variety Club members gather at Savoy to donate toys for children.

TOY SOLDIERS Manufacture of toy soldiers at Hornsey in London.

KIDS PLANE (aka CHILD'S PLANE) Cinema projectionist makes toy plane for daughter from old projector parts.

INGENIOUS BUT GERMAN Great close up shots of mechanical toys produced in Germany.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Small model bus.

Gulliver's Travles Cartoon & more

Toddler

DOLL AND TOY MAKING FOR CHRISTMAS Women making dolls, tonging hair. Children playing with toys.

Marching Wooden Soldiers

Urie - Antique Toy Car

TOYS COLLECTED - NEW YORK Old toys are collected and repaired to be given to the poorer children for Christmas. New York.

DOLL MAKING IN ITALY

SCHOOLBOYS' EXHIBITION Attractions at a Schoolboys' Own Exhibition - sports, soldiers, science and model trains.

KIDS CAR 5 year old David Hansford has his own model car with motorcycle engine.

BRITISH TOY FAIR British toy fair at Waldorf Hotel in London.

INTERNATIONAL YO YO EXPERTS International Yo Yo experts demonstrate their skills to children at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

CHRISTMAS BUSINESS Toys made from moulds, little boys with toys, mechanical toys in action.

MODEL TRAINS Model trains being made - carriages are cast in plastic, rest is done by hand.

WOOD TOYS Inventor Percy Robinson demonstrate his device for boring tiny holes in wood - helps him to make miniature wooden toys.