General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Synthetic case and disc.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.0 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

1.5 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

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Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Never used.

Canada

This artifact was acquired as part of CSTMC’s second annual group acquisition of new technologies. This acquisition focused on Toys, Play and Entertainment, and documents this aspect of Canadian popular culture in the second decade of the 21st century. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was originally broadcast in Canada on TVO. Children who visit the Canada Science and Technology Museum with their parents often relate the large locomotives in the Museum’s Locomotive Bay with characters from the Thomas the Tank Engine series. Through this series children are introduced to different types of locomotives, parts of the train, and railway responsibilities.

Function

Storage and playback medium for audio and video images, for home entertainment purposes. Disk contains feature film for playback on DVD player and television. This videodisk is intended for young audiences.

Technical

This item reflects a technology designed to entertain. Pre-recorded DVDs are produced on mass using a molding machine that physically stamps data onto the DVD. Discs like this one are known as a DVD-ROM because the data can only be read and not written or erased. Thomas the Tank Engine is a small fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He is the titular character and became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas & Friends. The Greatest Stories is a two-disc US DVD set which was released in commemoration of the 65 anniversary of the Railway Series, featuring two first season episodes, two second season episodes, two third season episodes, one fourth season episode, one fifth season episode, one seventh season episode, four eighth season episodes, two ninth season episodes, two tenth season episodes, and three eleventh season episodes.

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Details

Markings

Printed on the front cover: “65/ YEARS/ MAKING TRACKS TO/ GREAT DESTINATIONS/ SPECIAL EDITION 2-DISC SET/ THOMAS/ & FRIENDS/ THE GREATEST/ STORIES/ 20/ STORIES/ INCLUDING THE/ VERY FIRST/ EPISODE!”/ Markings on the back read in part: “THOMAS/ & FRIENDS/ With Thomas & Friends, children enter an exciting/ world of imagination with/ adventures full of friendship, cooperation and/ discovery. In this special 2-disc set, see how/ Thomas met his famous friends and became one/ of the most beloved preschool characters of all/ time. With legendary narrators George Carlin,/ Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin guiding the/ tour, this is one express/ train you don’t want/ to miss!” / For full markings on the back, see multimedia tab

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Predominantly blue case with yellow, red, black and white elements.

Decoration

Depiction of the character of Thomas the Tank Engine on the front cover and on the back.