List of Disney animated shorts 1940-1944
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1. The Riveter (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Construction foreman Pegleg Pete has just fired his riveter; Donald comes by and takes the job, despite a lack of experience and an initial fear of heights, and makes a mess of things.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 806
2. Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald attempts to entice Pluto to try his automated dog washer, but is unexpectedly caught himself and is scrubbed, and hung on the line to dry.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,275
3. Tugboat Mickey (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As Mickey, Donald and Goofy are preparing their tugboat to head out to sea, they receive a distress call from a sinking ship. This program is presented as originally created.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Danny Webb
Votes: 1,229
4. Billposters (1940)
8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Donald and Goofy are putting up advertising posters in a farm. Goofy prepares to post on a windmill, but his tools keep disappearing and reappearing on the windmill blades. Donald puts up ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Clarence Nash, Danny Webb
Votes: 596
5. Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald's frustration level is stretched to the limit when he attempts to court Daisy without the interference of his nephews.
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,345
6. Bone Trouble (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto's dish is empty, so he goes after the bone in the dish of Butch the bulldog, who is sleeping next door. Can he make it home with the bone before Butch wakes up? No. Soon they are ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Lee Millar, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash, Hal Rees
Votes: 724
7. Put-Put Troubles (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A day of boating doesn't end up the way Donald and Pluto had hoped.
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 568
8. Donald's Vacation (1940)
8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald takes a kayak trip. When he gets to his campsite, he unloads the kayak, fights with his folding chair, and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the chipmunks of the forest (precursors of Chip '... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 886
9. Pluto's Dream House (1940)
8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Mickey Mouse finds a magic lamp that builds Pluto a doghouse.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Elvia Allman, W.F. Banes, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 459
10. The Volunteer Worker (1940)
3 min | Animation, Short
The Volunteer Worker, a commercial short made by Disney to emphasize the importance of volunteer work and charity. The short is a simple one - Donald goes door to door asking for donations,... See full summary »
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Charles Judels, Clarence Nash
Votes: 269
11. Window Cleaners (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Donald Duck is a window washer who has problems, from his hat and tail feather being trimmed to waking up Pluto to break the window. And finally tormenting a bee, getting tied up on the platform only to have his rear end stung by a bee.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 838
12. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Mickey and Pluto are taking a trip on the train, but Conductor Pete won't allow Pluto aboard. After sneaking Pluto onto the train in his luggage, Mickey must do some quick thinking and don a few disguises to keep from getting kicked off.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 1,482
13. Goofy's Glider (1940)
8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Goofy's new sport: flying his glider (without much success).
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Florence Gill, George Johnson, John McLeish
Votes: 642
14. Fire Chief (1940)
G | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Donald and his nephews are the staff of a fire station. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, annoyed by Donald's snoring, ring the fire alarm. Soon, his bumbling sets the fire station itself on fire. ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 774
15. Pantry Pirate (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto is tied up in the backyard and has been ordered by the maid to stay outside while she prepares a roast. Of course, once Pluto smells the scent of the roast, he makes a beeline for the... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Lee Millar, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 391
16. Timber (1941)
8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is an inept lumberjack is understating ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 659
17. Pluto's Playmate (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto is playing with a ball on the beach. The ball goes into the water and starts moving in strange ways, because a sea lion is playing with it. Pluto does not want to share the ball, and ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Ferguson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar
Votes: 369
18. The Little Whirlwind (1941)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey wants some of the cake Minnie has just baked, so he offers to clean up her yard. As he's working, a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind of its own comes along and causes ... See full summary »
Directors: James Algar, Wilfred Jackson, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,386
19. Golden Eggs (1941)
8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would be quite the wealthy duck so he breaks... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Carol Adams, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Florence Gill
Votes: 635
20. A Gentleman's Gentleman (1941)
8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Mickey Mouse lies in bed like a lord, getting served breakfast by man's (and mouse's?) best friend Pluto as gentleman's gentleman. Next duty is to fetch the paper, but also pay for it with ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 387
21. Baggage Buster (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Goofy has to get a box belonging to a magician in time for the next train to pick the baggage. Clumsy Goofy drops the box and a lot of magician's props (a rabbit which multiplies, a bull, a woman sawed in half) appear.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Ellen Drew, Lorena Layson
Votes: 642
22. A Good Time for a Dime (1941)
8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A simple visit to the penny arcade turns into quite a frustrating experience for Donald.
Directors: Jack King, Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 650
23. Canine Caddy (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto gets into trouble with a gopher while caddieing for Mickey, and the tunnels they make during the chase wreck the golf course.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 920
24. The Nifty Nineties (1941)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Mickey courts Minnie in the Gay Nineties: they take in a vaudeville show and go for a drive in his horseless carriage, to the strains of "While Strolling Through the Park" and "In the Good ... See full summary »
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Bill Days, Walt Disney, Florence Gill
Votes: 558
25. Early to Bed (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald spends the night unable to sleep because of a ticking alarm clock and a fold-away bed that keeps trapping him when it folds up.
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,367
26. Truant Officer Donald (1941)
8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Donald catches his nephews swimming on a school day. He thinks he's made an easy catch, but the boys are much more resourceful than that. When he tries to smoke them out of their clubhouse,... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 908
27. Orphans' Benefit (1941)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Micky and friends put on a revue for the orphans. Donald recites nursery rhymes, but the orphans torment him. Horace, Goofy, and Clarabelle do a dance number. Donald tries again. Clara ... See full summary »
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Florence Gill, Beatrice Hagen
Votes: 555
28. Old MacDonald Duck (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald owns a farm; he sings Old MacDonald while feeding the animals. He goes to milk Clementine the cow, but she's not in the barn: she's up a tree, nibbling on leaves. She floats down, ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Clementine, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 805
29. Lend a Paw (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jealous of Mickey's kitten, Pluto's devil-self argues with his angel-self over whether or not to rescue the kitten when it falls into a well.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Teddy Barr, Pinto Colvig, John Dehner, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,928
30. Donald's Camera (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Inspired by a store display, Donald decides to "hunt" some wildlife with his camera. First, he encounters a too-friendly chipmunk, then a large group of shy animals, then some animals in a ... See full summary »
Directors: Dick Lundy, David Hand | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 709
31. The Art of Skiing (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
After figuring out how to get dressed, Goofy hits the slopes to demonstrate the art of skiing. Through a series of gags and misadventures, Goofy demonstrates turns, skiing backwards and even the ski jump.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts | Stars: John McLeish, Hannes Schroll
Votes: 1,953
32. 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
33. Chef Donald (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald is listening to a radio cooking program while mixing up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Sarah Selby
Votes: 1,591
34. 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)
4 min | Animation, Short, War
The Seven Dwarfs mine their diamonds for conversion into war bonds for the Canadian war effort.
Directors: David Hand, Richard Lyford | Star: Pinto Colvig
Votes: 330
35. The Art of Self Defense (1941)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Goofy takes a lighthearted look at self defense through the ages: cavemen, knights, the age of chivalry, and finally boxing.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 584
36. 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
37. All Together (1942)
3 min | Animation, Short, War
The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds.
Directors: Pinto Colvig, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Justice, Jack King, Jack Kinney, Erdman Penner, Walt Pfeiffer, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Cliff Edwards, Kate-Ellen Murtagh, Clarence Nash
Votes: 334
38. The Village Smithy (1942)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Blacksmith Donald has two tasks on his list: put a new iron rim on a wagon wheel, and shoe Jenny, a female donkey. But the rim won't stay smooth, and the donkey doesn't want the shoes.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Clarence Nash, Bob Ogle
Votes: 412
39. 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
40. Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The gang gives Mickey a surprise party that turns into a jam session with everyone playing instruments while Goofy has problems baking a cake.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, George Johnson
Votes: 1,042
41. Pluto Junior (1942)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While Pluto naps, his son gets into scrapes with various other animals and other hazards. Pluto eventually wakes up and comes to his rescue.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Star: Pinto Colvig
Votes: 585
42. Symphony Hour (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill
Votes: 706
43. Donald's Snow Fight (1942)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck, in a battleship made of ice, goes to war against his three nephews, who fight back from their ice fort.
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 2,256
44. 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: 832
45. 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: 445
46. Donald's Garden (1942)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald has to work hard to save his garden and prize-winning melons from a hungry Gopher.
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 518
47. The Sleep Walker (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto has a tussle over a bone with a female dachshund named Dinah unaware that he is actually giving her the bone whenever he walks in his sleep and presents it to her. However, each time ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 333
48. Food Will Win the War (1942)
6 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.
Director: Hamilton Luske | Star: Fred Shields
Votes: 201
49. Donald's Gold Mine (1942)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald is digging in his gold mine, mostly generic looking dark rocks, and being clumsy, to the great amusement of his burro, when he accidentally fills his cart with a load of pure gold. ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 555
50. Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942)
3 min | Animation, Short, Family
Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.
Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, Jack King | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Pinto Colvig, Art Gilmore, James MacDonald
Votes: 290
51. T-Bone for Two (1942)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto finds a bone - but also finds Butch the bulldog, who claims it for himself. Idea: Pluto paces off a distance, buried treasure style, and digs a large bone-shaped hole. Butch falls for... See full summary »
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 317
52. How to Play Baseball (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Goofy demonstrates how to play baseball. He plays all positions for both teams, and demonstrates many different types of pitches.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: George Johnson, Fred Shields
Votes: 1,336
53. 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: 725
54. The Olympic Champ (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: George Johnson, John McLeish
Votes: 1,175
55. How to Swim (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In his attempt to demonstrate swimming, Goofy first has trouble undressing in the small locker room but then manages to showcase diving and swimming techniques.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, John McLeish
Votes: 1,261
56. 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: 619
57. Pluto at the Zoo (1942)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto walks past the zoo and sees the huge bone the sleeping lion has but getting it out is easier said than done. He gets it out of the lion's cage, but then has to face the kangaroo and ... See full summary »
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Dick Lundy | Stars: John Dehner, James MacDonald
Votes: 367
58. How to Fish (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Goofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: George Johnson, James MacDonald, John McLeish
Votes: 1,301
59. Bellboy Donald (1942)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bellboy Donald's patience is seriously tested when Pegleg Pete and his son check in.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Glen Couch, John Dehner, John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 655
60. 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: 4,623
61. 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: 614
62. 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: 1,518
63. Donald's Tire Trouble (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald drives too fast and blows out a tire. Of course, with this clown, changing it is not a simple operation. First he has to fight the jack, then the heavily patched inner tube, then the... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,022
64. Pluto and the Armadillo (1943)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Mickey and Pluto makes a short stopover on a South American flight. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle, and he chases it but it looks exactly the same as an armadillo that's rolled ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald, Fred Shields
Votes: 424
65. The Flying Jalopy (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Ben Buzzard runs a "used" (broken) plane lot. Donald takes one of the junkers out for a test fly after signing a life insurance policy payable to Buzzard. Buzzard then tries several schemes to get Donald to wreck.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Clarence Nash, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 582
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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: 564
70. Figaro and Cleo (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Figaro is a kitten; Cleo is a goldfish (both first seen in Pinocchio (1940).) Figaro gets underfoot, then unravels a ball of yarn while the maid is cleaning. Then the topper: he goes after ... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Clarence Nash, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 427
71. 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
72. Home Defense (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Donald is manning a listening post and falls asleep; he blows trumpet calls in his sleep and wakes his nephews. For their revenge, they send up a model airplane filled with gingerbread men ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 557
73. Chicken Little (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise.
Directors: Jack Cutting, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Florence Gill, Frank Graham, Dorothy Lloyd, Clarence Nash
Votes: 932
74. The Pelican and the Snipe (1944)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A pelican and a snipe set up light housekeeping in a lighthouse. The pelican flies in his sleep, dreaming that he's a dive bomber, and the snipe saves him.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Dick Lundy | Stars: Sterling Holloway, James MacDonald
Votes: 274
75. 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
76. Trombone Trouble (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pegleg Pete annoys the gods Jupiter and Vulcan and neighbor Donald with his nightly trombone sessions.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Chester Cobb, John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 499
77. How to Play Golf (1944)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Goofy shows us, in his inimitable way, the fundamentals of golf, guided as usual by the somewhat sarcastic narrator.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Fred Shields, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 654
78. Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ajax the killer gorilla had escaped from the zoo, As a prank, Donald and three nephews scared each other, But suddenly, the real Ajax appeared, So how can they subdue him?
Director: Jack King | Stars: James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,047
79. Contrary Condor (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Donald is trying to collect a condor's egg when the condor returns. He hides inside an empty egg and regrets this when the large, warm mother returns. He regrets it even more when he "... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Florence Gill, Dorothy Lloyd, Clarence Nash
Votes: 546
80. 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: 777
81. Springtime for Pluto (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Nichols, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: John Dehner, James MacDonald, Thurl Ravenscroft
Votes: 319
82. The Plastics Inventor (1944)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald listens to a radio program that tells him how to make a fully-working airplane completely out of plastic.
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Clarence Nash, Charles Seel
Votes: 522
83. How to Play Football (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Frank Bull, Pinto Colvig, Jack Kinney, John Sibley
Votes: 1,443
84. First Aiders (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Minnie's learning first aid; she asks Pluto and Figaro for help. Pluto keeps throwing Figaro into buckets and otherwise getting him into trouble. Then, when Minnie has Pluto all trussed up in splints, Figaro taunts him.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 306
85. Donald's Off Day (1944)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald's got the day off, and all he can think of is golf until it rains as soon as he sets foot outside. He takes it out on his nephews. When he's sitting around moping, they take revenge by playing off his hypochondria.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, John Dehner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 546
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