Wonderful World of Trains (1960)
1960 · Ephemeral film · 23 min · dir. John Gilmour
Synopsis
A promotional film made by the Lionel Train company to display the various toy trains available and featuring the Suzari Puppets.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- John Gilmour
- Writer
- Bob Kirschbaum
- Studio
- Klaeger Film
- Released
- 1960-01-01
- Running time
- 23 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0706_Wonderful_World_of_Trains
Cast & crew
John Gilmour Director
Paul O'Keefe
Edward Everett Horton
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Trains Trains Everywhere! · Spuzz · 2012-10-16
Odd little film that combines trains (thats Model railroad of course) and puppets (that's marionettes), there's also an annoying little boy, and the story is about a puppet escaping from the law and telling of his many train voyages, while in the meanwhile, many types of Lionel trains whizz by. And that's the main interest of this. Plenty of war equipment, including a submarine, helicopters and yes, portable missles! There's also neat animal-ccentric trains too. Love the Giraffe train! If you're heavily into trains, then yes, this is for you. If not, the puppets can get a little much after a…
