WWII PROPAGANDA CARTOONS
by gius-benin | created - 12 Dec 2016 | updated - 10 months ago | Public- Genres
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1. The Thrifty Pig (1941)
4 min | Animation, Short
A re-telling of the classic "Three Little Pigs" story with an emphasis on War Savings Certificates.
Directors: Ford Beebe Jr., Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 365
2. Donald's Decision (1942)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Ford Beebe Jr., Jack King | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Don Brodie, John Dehner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 352
3. The New Spirit (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Cliff Edwards, Clarence Nash, Fred Shields, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 443
4. Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, The King's Men, John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 834
1/6
5. The Army Mascot (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Pluto 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Chester Cobb, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 447
6. The Ducktators (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.
Director: Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, John McLeish
Votes: 846
7. Blitz Wolf (1942)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Yet 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.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Leone Le Doux, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,461
8. The Vanishing Private (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Donald Duck gets into trouble when he performs his camouflage painting duty too well with experimental paint that makes anything painted invisible.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Clarence Nash
Votes: 727
2/6
9. Sky Trooper (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Private Donald Duck finally gets a chance to go up in the air, only to find he's less than enthusiastic for the real thing.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 621
3/6
10. A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Babbit 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.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 1,143
11. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Charles Judels, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 4,626
12. The Spirit of '43 (1943)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Fred Shields
Votes: 615
13. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Eileen Carlisle, Robert A. Davis, Lisa Golm, Charles Judels
Votes: 1,520
14. Private Pluto (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto 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,... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, Norma Swank
Votes: 531
15. Fall Out Fall In (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Donald Duck has a tough time during training march.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Hank Ketcham, Clarence Nash
Votes: 597
4/6
16. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 2,017
17. Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Documentary, Animation, History
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, H.C. Potter | Stars: Alexander de Seversky, Art Baker, Billy Mitchell
Votes: 1,178 | Gross: $0.80M
Live action/Animation feature film
18. Victory Vehicles (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
To 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.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Jack Bailey, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 479
19. Reason and Emotion (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A film about the need for emotional control for the war effort.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Frank Graham, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 566
20. Spies (1943)
Unrated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private 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.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 654
21. Falling Hare (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 1,478
22. The Old Army Game (1943)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Donald is caught going AWOL and Sgt. Pete is waiting in his barraks for him.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 567
5/6
23. Daffy - The Commando (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Commando Daffy Duck goes behind enemy lines and causes havoc for a Nazi German officer and his troops.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,014
24. How to Be a Sailor (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Goofy demonstrates the history of water transport, from the first prehistoric use of floating logs to the modern battleship.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, John McLeish
Votes: 548
25. Booby Traps (1944)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pvt. 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.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 405
26. Swooner Crooner (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Porky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 819
27. Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
As Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 652
28. Commando Duck (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Donald 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Eddie Holden, Clarence Nash
Votes: 778
6/6
29. Plane Daffy (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 630
30. Herr Meets Hare (1945)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 753
31. Draftee Daffy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 881
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