1766 Sometimes films just have this "what the hell?" quality to them. This is one of them. Appears that Bell Telephone had a campaign promoting the fact that telephones are made from 433 parts and made from a wide variety of materials. Why? Perhaps it was postwar material shortages. Who knows. The upshot is this film was made to be tied with that campaign. The stop motion photography showing the various pieces of a period phone being reassembled is well done and fascinating to watch, but one is never sure what the point is. There is an abstract quality to the whole exercise. Bizarre little film Wilford B. Wolf 2003-03-30 19:40:45 2003-03-30 19:40:45 4 2379 Well, I'm guessing this quasi-educational film was intended to be shown in school. All you really get is several names of what materials are used in phones (leather?) and repetition of the "433 parts" bit. The assembly is interesting, but it would have been helpful to understand what some of the pieces were and how they work together. Cute. Ring, ring--it's for you! RedAliCat 2003-05-26 17:29:59 2003-05-26 17:29:59 3 6142 A pretty amazing stop motion film featuring a rather funny looking narrator, and Tommy Telephone, who demonstrates in front of our very eyes, what parts are used to make a telephone. I was very surprised and quite delighted at this magical cartoon, bopping along with the music to the final conclusion, Very nice. A MUST SEE on this site! I Don't know his name, but his face rings a bell! Spuzz 2003-09-14 00:57:51 2003-09-14 00:57:51 5 7675 Animated figure jumps from telephone company print ad to show how a telephone is put together. The telephone then assembles itself to music under the command of little ringing bells. Oddly entertaining and obviously not just thrown together as the motion of the parts is well timed to the music. 433 parts Steve Nordby 2003-11-26 19:22:17 2003-11-26 19:22:17 4 Highly reminiscent of A Case of Spring Fever in its use of a pint-sized animated character who suddenly materializes before a middle-aged man's eyes, Just Imagine introduces viewers to Tommy Telephone, a plucky fellow who assembles a rotary phone through the use of an enigmatic crank powered machine. The movement of the telephone components synchronize extremely well with the wonderful music. Delightful 1940's stop motion animation 5 GE_Pretzel 2006-01-11 15:44:16 2006-01-11 15:44:16 5 4.20