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Donald's Decision is a four-minute educational short animated film made by the Walt Disney Studios, for the National Film Board of Canada.The film was released theatrically on January 11, 1942 as part of a series of four films directed at the Canadian public to buy war bonds during the Second World War.
The film was released theatrically on December 12, 1941, as part of a series of four films directed at the Canadian public to learn about war bonds during the Second World War. 7 Wise Dwarfs was directed by Richard Lyford and featured the voice talent of Pinto Colvig as "Doc".
After the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Series E bonds became known as war bonds. On June 4, 1943, students of the south-central district of the Chicago Public Schools purchased $263,148.83 in war bonds—enough to finance 125 jeeps, two pursuit planes and a motorcycle.
Bugs Bunny Bond Rally is a classic cartoon depicting Bugs Bunny singing and dancing about war bonds. The film was given to Henry Morgenthau of the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday, December 15, 1941. [2] It was during such World War II films that Bugs achieved his popularity and made him a national mascot. [3]
The American Schools at War program was a program during World War II run by the U.S. Treasury Department, in which schoolchildren set goals to sell stamps and bonds to help the war effort. The program was also administered by the U.S. Office of Education , the Federal government agency that interfaced with the nation's school systems and its ...
War bond rallies and drives were common, and were staged at many social events. [241] Teachers passed out booklets to children to allow them to save toward a bond by purchasing war bond stamps. [242] Marlene Dietrich and many other female movie stars sold many thousands of dollars' worth of war bonds. [243]
Don't Let that Shadow Touch Them is a U.S. War Bond poster created by Lawrence Beall Smith in 1942, [1] created in support of the U.S. war effort upon America's entry into World War II. [2] It features three young children, apprehensive and fearful, as they are enveloped by the large, dark arm of a swastika shadow. [ 3 ]
Mr. Hook (Also referred to as Seaman Hook or just Hook) is the title character of a series of American animated cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II for the US Navy. The series included four shorts, with the first produced by Walter Lantz Productions in Technicolor and the remaining three produced by Warner Bros ...