Toys.1966

What begins as a charming display of toys quickly turns into a chilling commentary on conflict. As toy soldiers act out a disturbingly realistic war, this film confronts the grim paradox of marketing violence as “fun” to children.

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Producer: National Film Board of Canada
Year Produced: 1966
Running time: 8 minutes
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A group of children are fascinated by a display of toys. clowns, animals, dolls, which are large and exciting. To soldiers, lifelike and illuminated, act out a war that become all too much like the real thing. The children are still watcting the soldier goes up in flames, melting. War toys are meant for fun, when war is meant for killing – and in war nowaday children invariably come off the worst.

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