WWII PROPAGANDA CARTOONS
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- DirectorFord Beebe Jr.Burt GillettStarsBilly BletcherDorothy ComptonMary ModerA re-telling of the classic "Three Little Pigs" story with an emphasis on War Savings Certificates.
- DirectorFord Beebe Jr.Jack KingStarsThelma BoardmanDon BrodieJohn DehnerIn this wartime short, Donald is encouraged by his good "angel" side to buy war bonds. He is encouraged by his bad "devil" side to spend his money as he wishes. Donald has a lot of trouble deciding, but finally makes the right decision to buy war bonds.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonBen SharpsteenStarsCliff EdwardsClarence NashFred ShieldsAnimated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherThe King's MenJohn McLeishDonald Fauntleroy Duck gets his draft notice and goes in, past all the amazingly enticing recruiting posters, to sign up. First he has to pass the physical. Despite his flat feet, he makes it. Donald wants to fly, but first he has to make it through Sergeant Pete's boot camp. He has a terrible time with close-order drills, and standing at attention without moving when he's over an ant-hill proves a real challenge. Eventually, Donald ends up on endless KP.1/6
- DirectorClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsChester CobbPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldPluto sees the great chow the mascots at the army base are getting and decides he wants some of that. He sneaks in and disguises himself as Gunther Goat, but the "food" is just a bunch of tin cans. Gunther runs him off. Later, Gunther chews on some tobacco, so Pluto does the same, which impresses the GIs but Gunther butts him and makes him swallow it, making Pluto turn all kinds of colors. While Pluto is out, Gunther prepares to butt him into the ammo dump, but Pluto collapses and Gunther himself gets blown sky high, clearing the way for a new mascot.
- DirectorNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancMichael MalteseJohn McLeishHitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherDon BrodieClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck gets into trouble when he performs his camouflage painting duty too well with experimental paint that makes anything painted invisible.2/6
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck finally gets a chance to go up in the air, only to find he's less than enthusiastic for the real thing.3/6
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancTedd PierceBabbit and Catstello, take-offs on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to catch the little Tweety bird, using everything from stilts to dynamite. Trouble is, the tiny bird has a vicious streak in him.
- DirectorJack KinneyBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigCharles JudelsBilly BletcherDonald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
- DirectorJack KingStarsClarence NashFred ShieldsDonald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsEileen CarlisleRobert A. DavisLisa GolmA young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsPinto ColvigDessie FlynnNorma SwankPluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale, making their debut, using the cannon-like gun as their own personal nutcracker.
- DirectorJack KingStarsHank KetchamClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck has a tough time during training march.4/6
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaIn honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.
- DirectorJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAlexander de SeverskyArt BakerBilly MitchellAn animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.Live action/Animation feature film
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsJack BaileyPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldTo combat the wartime shortages in gas and tires, a number of fanciful forms of transportation are demonstrated by various versions of Goofy. Finally, we see the ultimate solution: the pogo stick.
- DirectorBill RobertsStarsDessie FlynnFrank GrahamJames MacDonaldA film about the need for emotional control for the war effort.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPrivate Snafu has a secret: his ship leaves for Africa at 4:30. He's determined to keep it, but bit by bit it slips out, and eventually, the details end up right on Hitler's desk and the ship is engaged.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettBugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherClarence NashPrivate Donald is caught going AWOL and Sgt. Pete is waiting in his barraks for him.5/6
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancCommando Daffy Duck goes behind enemy lines and causes havoc for a Nazi German officer and his troops.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsPinto ColvigJohn McLeishGoofy demonstrates the history of water transport, from the first prehistoric use of floating logs to the modern battleship.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert C. BrucePvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the traps are alluring and that he is every bit the booby.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerPorky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetRobert C. BruceAs Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.
- DirectorJack KingStarsJohn DehnerEddie HoldenClarence NashDonald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large amount of water splashes onto the airfield, wiping the whole thing clean, but leaving disfigured airplanes.6/6
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancSara BernerRobert C. BruceDaffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancDaffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.