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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 is based on the 1942 book Victory Through Air Power by Alexander P. de Seversky.
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.
Hal Adelquist at work. Hal Adelquist (11 July 1914 – 26 March 1981) was an American animator, storyboard writer, animation and TV producer primarily known for his work in helping to create and produce The Mickey Mouse Club, which began running as an ABC television series in 1955.
Herman "Kay" Kamen (born Herman Samuel Kominetzky; [1] January 27, 1892 – October 28, 1949) [2] was an American merchandising executive, noted primarily for his work with the Walt Disney Company. He promoted Mickey Mouse – the most popular cartoon character of the early 1930s.
In 1921, Walt Disney was contracted by Milton Feld to animate twelve cartoons, which he called Newman's Laugh-O-Grams. [ChWDC 1] On May 23, 1922, when Disney was 20 years old, Laugh-O-Gram Films (LOGF) was incorporated by him using the remaining assets of the defunct Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists from local investors. LOGF produced nine of ...
Bob Thomas’s Walt Disney: An American Original) to the twenty-first century (Harrison Price’s 2003 Walt’s Revolution! By the Numbers and Neal Gabler’s 2006 Walt Disney—the Triumph of the American Imagination, the latter a “triumph” in 851 pages that was not well received by the Walt Disney family).
Carey Orr met and served as an early role model to Walt Disney when Disney moved back to Chicago. According to Neal Gabler 's Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination , Disney was very impressed by Orr's strip The Tiny Tribune .
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.