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The strike reflected anger at inequities of pay and privileges at Disney, a non-unionized workplace. Walt Disney responded to the five-week strike by firing many of his animators, but was eventually pressured into recognizing the Screen Cartoonist's Guild (SCG) by signing a contract with them, which involved, amongst other concessions, rehiring ...
Filmmaker Walt Disney read the book, and felt that its message was so important that he would personally finance a partly-animated short, also called Victory Through Air Power, which was released in July 1943. [3] Disney's purpose for creating the film was to promote Seversky's theories to government officials and the public.
Victory Through Air Power is an American adult animated documentary propaganda film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists on July 17, 1943. It was based on the 1942 book Victory Through Air Power by Alexander P. de Seversky, who also appeared in the film. [1]
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Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.
The war (along with the strike) shook Walt Disney's empire, as the US Army had seized Disney's studio as soon as the US entered World War II in December 1941. [56] As a result, Disney put the feature films Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), Wind in the Willows (1949), Song of the South (1946), Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) and ...
Any revision of this article should take into account the full and judiciously balanced account of the strike in Neal Gabler's definitive biography of Walt Disney. The Schickel book is quite hostile to Disney, and Schickel did not have the access to original sources that Gabler had. 173.16.252.154 18:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
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