Puppets

Key Stages 1 and 2: Design and Technology, Films on different kinds of puppets; from production to performance. Can be used to discuss how they are made, how they work.

Pre-Blitz Precautions (1943)

M of I trailer with ventriloquist and dummy about incendiary bomb precautions.

Electric Puppet Show (1948)

Electric puppet show in Poland.

Toy Exhibition (1971)

Various exhibits of toys and puppets

Silhouettes (1933)

Clever silhouette show - birds, rabbits, snails, two men boxing and Charlie Chaplin are demonstrated.

School Puppets (1940)

Educational film showing children making puppets in the classroom.

Puppets (1947)

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

Model Education (1946)

Children at school in Bletchley make papier mache puppets and put on a play with them.

Mechanical Miniatures (1930)

Puppets are put through their paces.

Marionettes (1943)

Mr and Mrs Taylor put on human marionette show for children in Darlington, Durham.

Marionettes (1939)

Puppeteers put on a clever marionette show. Australia.

Johnson Clark

Famous ventriloquist Clark Johnson argues with his puppets.

Backstage With Sooty (1966)

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

Rags For Salvage (1942)

A Ministry of Information puppet animation trailer asking people to save their rags for the war effort