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Toying with their future

Canada, 1990
film

Toys are big business. This discussion takes a hard look at aspects of the toy industry and the impact that popular toys have on children. Toy manufacturers p..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Toys

Canada, 1966
Similarity: 74%

Dolls (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1974
Similarity: 70%

Buying Toys

Australia, 1987
Similarity: 70%

Violence on the screen

Australia, 1998
Similarity: 68%

Le Petit Soldat

France
Similarity: 67%

Child's play and the real world (TEFC)

United States, 1974
Similarity: 67%

Child's play and the real world

United States, 1974
Similarity: 66%

Toys from Nuremberg

Germany, 1963
Similarity: 66%

Children's fantasies

United States, 1956
Similarity: 66%

Bottles into dolls

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 66%

Your children's play

United Kingdom, 1951
Similarity: 66%

Consumer power

Australia, 1993
Similarity: 66%

William's doll

United States, 1981
Similarity: 66%

Jobs for the girls

United Kingdom, 1973
Similarity: 66%

Action for children's television: kids for sale

United States, 1979
Similarity: 66%

Sugar and spice

United States, 1974
Similarity: 66%

Choosing what to make

United States, 1977
Similarity: 66%

Child of the future: how he might learn

Canada, 1964
Similarity: 65%
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