Charley's Black Magic
Genres
Overview
This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
9 min
Release Date
1949-10-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Harold Berens
6.9
Der Fuehrer's Face
A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
1943-01-01 | en
0.0
School of Assassins
This anti-Communism film uses animation to tell the story of two brothers, one of whom receives training for hemispheric subversion in Cuba and returns to his own country to spread violence and terror. He realizes his mistake when, in the course of trying to destroy an experimental farm, his actions bring about the death of his brother Gustavo. Produced by Copri International Films, Inc. (Miami, FL) and directed by Jose D. de Villegas.
1967-01-01 | en
5.0
Toybox Series, Episode 3: Picturebook of 1936
Peaceful citizens (one of whom resembles Felix the Cat) are dancing to music before their island is being invaded by a gigantic rodent that resembles Mickey Mouse. The islanders contact legendary folk-hero Momotaro from a giant book to battle Mickey.
1934-04-12 | ja
5.5
The Sailor and the Seagull
The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled sailor named McGinty complains about the raw deal he believes he is receiving by serving in the Navy. As luck would have it, a seagull comes to release him from service so that he can experience the freedom of civilian life. McGinty soon learns, however, that civilian life means less freedom and less money than he had imagined and quickly jumps at the chance to re-enlist. (cont. http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/2013/09/26/sailor-and-the-seagull/)
1949-01-01 | en
6.9
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.
1943-01-15 | en
0.0
Bully Boy
Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage.
1914-10-18 | en
3.0
Animated Soviet Propaganda
A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984), and have never been available before in the U.S.
1997-06-15 | ru
5.0
Sea Dreams
First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.
1914-12-10 | xx
5.7
Victory Through Air Power
This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film selling Major Alexander de Seversky's theories about the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film switches to the Major illustrating his ideas could win the war for the allies.
1943-07-17 | en
0.0
The Right Spirit
Don’t judge a book by its cover but do judge a political party by its garage.
1931-10-02 | en
7.0
April and the Extraordinary World
It’s 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
2015-11-04 | fr
4.3
Defense Against Invasion
A doctor persuades a group of boys to be vaccinated by explaining how it will protect them against disease. Animated sequences depict the body metaphorically as a city, defended by the blood cells, which are stimulated by vaccination to amass arms and ammunition, in order to defend the city when it is invaded by germs.
1943-08-10 | en
5.1
Donald's Decision
Donald Duck buys Canadian war bonds in World War II.
1942-01-11 | en
5.6
Food Will Win the War
World War II propaganda film on the importance of American farming. A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.
1942-07-20 | en
6.3
Reason and Emotion
A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.
1943-08-27 | en
6.3
Sky Trooper
Donald is stuck on KP at an air training base. Sergeant Pete gives him a huge pile of potatoes to peel first, then gives him some tests: close your eyes and touch fingers, pin the tail on the airplane. He finally gets sent aloft, only to discover it's a parachute jump. Eventually, both Donald and Pete end up falling with no chutes and a bomb.
1942-11-06 | en
5.6
The New Spirit
Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
1942-01-22 | en
4.9
The Spirit of '43
Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.
1943-01-07 | en
5.1
The Thrifty Pig
The Three Little Pigs sell Canadian war bonds.
1941-11-19 | en
6.3
The Vanishing Private
Private Duck is a camouflage painter. He paints a giant cannon with some very gaudy colors, until Sergeant Pete explains that the point is to make it so the cannon can't be seen. Donald finds a bucket of experimental invisible paint and makes the cannon disappear. Pete isn't happy with this, and knocks Donald into the paint, then chases him, until he runs into the general. As Pete tries to explain, Donald prods him with a cactus, then goes off to steal some pies. Eventually, Pete goes berserk and starts throwing grenades willy-nilly and gets in more trouble with the general.
1942-09-25 | en