Daffy the Commando
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Daffy Duck, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Propaganda, U.S.A., Warner Bros., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 20/11/1943
"Daffy Duck parachutes onto a German base in WW2 and torments some Nazis. As he is shot by a cannon, he flies over (whilst holding two American flags, none the less) to a Nazi rally, and smacks Hitler with a hammer. Elements of propaganda abound, but ..."
Disney’s Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 15/01/1943
"“Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi” (1943) is one of 32 animated short propaganda film that the United States government commissioned Disney to produce. Nearing bankruptcy after the financial failure of Fantasia (1940), Disney entered a c..."
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓)(1988)-Reunion in Afterlife
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 04/16/1988
"Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, 1930–2015), Grave of the Fireflies tells the tragic story of two orphan siblings, Seita and Setsuko, struggling for survival during the wartime Japan in the final months of ..."
Hell-Bent for Election
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Cultural Industries, Propaganda, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1944
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 1944
"It's just a normal day for Joe, a railway worker, until he realizes that two trains - the Win the War Special and the Defeatist Limited - are on their way to the same tracks. While Joe is stuck deciding which one to let pass first, a wealthy-looking ..."
Jam Handy Organization
Filed under: studio, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Color, Commercials, Early Sound, Educational films, Max Fleischer, Propaganda, Silent, Technicolor, Training films, U.S.A., World War 1 ( WW1 ), World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1914
"Jam Handy Organization was founded by Jam Handy just before the First World War. The company produced educational, advertising, and training films. During the First and Second World Wars, Jam Handy Organization animated and produced training and inst..."
Jiří Trnka
Filed under: people, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Bratři v triku, Czech Republic, Fantasy, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, World War 2 ( WW2 ), Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Cinematographer, Illustrator, Painter, Puppeteer, Set Designer
"Jiří Trnka was born in Pilsen (now Plzeň), Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on February 24, 1912. He was a Czech animator and illustrator who specialized in stop-motion puppetry animation. While he was known for illustrating children’s ..."
Olga Petrovna Khodataeva
Filed under: people, Color, Educational films, Propaganda, Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, World War 2 ( WW2 ), Animation Designer, Animator, Director, Visual Artist, Writer
"Olga Khodataeva was a Soviet animator, animation director, and pioneer of the Soviet animation industry. She was amongst the first wave of Soviet women animators. From 1927 to 1960, she directed around 30 films that often involved Soviet propaganda a..."
Swing Shift Cinderella
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Jazz, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Musical, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1945
Producer(s): William Hanna Fred Quimby
Release Date: 25/08/1945
"Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends."
The Mad Scientist / Superman
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1941
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Release Date: 26/09/1941
"When a mad scientist holds Lois Lane hostage, only Superman can save her, and the rest of the city, from his diabolical plot."
Typhoid Sufferers (Tifusari)(1963)
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Croatia, Vatroslav Mimica, World War 2 ( WW2 ), Yugoslavia, 1963
Release Date: ?/?/1963
"Based on a poem of the same name by Jure Kastelan, Tifusari is a Yugoslav-Croatian animation depicting typhoid sufferers who endlessly wander across a dreadful wasteland of death and despair in hope of a sense of resilience. The short animated film t..."