1950s Mattel Documentary on How Toys Are Made
I was searching YouTube for toy documentaries when I ran across this short film from the fifties in which we get a look at a Mattel toy going from concept to completion. Things aren’t quite like this today — for one, Mattel is unlikely to sink resources into a generic “Jack in the Music Box” like we see in this video — but this is still a fantastic look back at the history of one of the world’s largest toy companies.
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