ADVENTURE IN TELEZONIA (1949, sound, 17 min, color, 35mm)SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Unknown. PUPPETRY: Bil and Cora Baird.RESOURCES: Copyright not registered; “Topics and Sidelights of the Day in Wall Street,” NYT, June 9, 1950,37; EFG (1953), 559; “Course in How to Use Telephone Rings Bell for Elementary School Children,” CT,Nov. 17, 1955, W1. HOLDINGS: AAFF, LC, MacDonald.One of the Bell Telephone System’s many films instructing the public on proper use of thetelephone. Bobby finds his lost dog with the help of the residents of Telezonia, who teachhim how to use directory assistance, party lines, and proper phone manners. NOTE: Adventurein Telezonia was the Bairds’ second film for AT&T; “Telezonia” was the name of an instructionalpackage on good telephone habits that was prepared for schools. It contained this filmas well as practice telephones. A revised version was released in 1969.

