Curated by
ACT
The incredible creations of some of the most iconic toys in history happened by chance. During World War II, a naval engineer accidentally creates an iconic spiral toy that walks down stairs, when he's trying to come up with a way to protect ship equipment from damage. At the same time, an engineer is trying to invent a synthetic rubber for the war effort and instead creates a strange putty that becomes another world-famous toy. It's the origin stories of these toys and more, and the genius entrepreneurs who brought them to the world. [42:00]
3 Views
0 Downloads
Additional Tags
a&e television networks, llc, history.com: the toys that built america: masters of invention (s1, e1), silly putty, slinky, accidentally created iconic spiral toy that walks down stairs, iconic toys in history happened by chance, trying to invent a synthetic rubber for the war effort and instead creates a strange putty, toys and games
Resource Details