This Warner Brothers animated short doesn't contain any of their regular characters nor does it really have a plot; it just follows a plane as it flies from Hollywood to Ireland, then on to Africa before returning to New York. We don't get to know the passengers; we just see the sights along the way. Some have obviously dated a bit such as the scene where we see two presidential candidates as possible carvings on Mt. Rushmore; no doubt viewers in 1941 would have instantly recognised the pair. Another gag is dated for another reason; the depiction of a savage African tribe is obviously not politically correct... although I did chuckle at the blowgun gag!
The rest of the gags were fairly innocuous; we see the plane running and flapping its wings on take off; its shadow folds back its winds and vanishes as the plane flies over a railway tunnel for example. We also get a rather bizarre musical interlude where an Irishman sings 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling' it is odd as he is drawn far more realistically than most cartoon people. This is by no means a must see but isn't terrible either; just rather average and dated.
The rest of the gags were fairly innocuous; we see the plane running and flapping its wings on take off; its shadow folds back its winds and vanishes as the plane flies over a railway tunnel for example. We also get a rather bizarre musical interlude where an Irishman sings 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling' it is odd as he is drawn far more realistically than most cartoon people. This is by no means a must see but isn't terrible either; just rather average and dated.