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[[File:Abandoned_boy_London_1945_by_Toni_Frissell.jpg|thumb|Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England.]]'''Toy Soldiers''' is a British documentary about what life is like for children when a parent goes off to [[war]].  
[[File:Abandoned_boy_London_1945_by_Toni_Frissell.jpg|thumb|Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England.]]'''Toy Soldiers''' is a British documentary about what life is like for children when a parent goes off to [[War (nonfiction)|war]].  
 
== Description ==


Through animations, using the children’s own artwork, and interviews, the film explores one of mankind's oldest problems -- [[war]] -- and the effect that war has on the children whose parents don't come back.
Through animations, using the children’s own artwork, and interviews, the film explores one of mankind's oldest problems -- [[war]] -- and the effect that war has on the children whose parents don't come back.


The film was produced for BBC by John Walsh, and narrated by Gareth Gates.
The film was produced for BBC by John Walsh, and narrated by Gareth Gates.
== Nonfiction image gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Woman two girls ruins of a house.jpg|link=War (nonfiction)|A woman and two girls looking at their destroyed house (1943). See [[War (nonfiction)]].
File:Toy soldiers.jpg|link=Toy soldier (nonfiction)|[[Toy soldier (nonfiction)|Toy soldiers]].
</gallery>


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Soldier (nonfiction)]]
* [[Toy soldier (nonfiction)]]
* [[Toy soldier (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Children (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Documentary films (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Documentary films (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:War (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 18:54, 17 June 2021

Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England.

Toy Soldiers is a British documentary about what life is like for children when a parent goes off to war.

Through animations, using the children’s own artwork, and interviews, the film explores one of mankind's oldest problems -- war -- and the effect that war has on the children whose parents don't come back.

The film was produced for BBC by John Walsh, and narrated by Gareth Gates.

Nonfiction image gallery

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links