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Today, the Walt Disney Company appears to be one of the “too big to fail” entities, but it failed during World War II. Like the massive entertainer businessman he was, Walt Disney himself had reinvested the company’s profits in more ambitious animated films than ever before. This practice has changed the unfortunate direction Fantasiaeven those of us who are not interested in Disney movies now may be considered classics, but it didn’t bring the box office revenue we expected when it first released in 1940. Pinocchiocould not reach the audience in war-torn Europe. The following year, Disney found herself on the edge of bankruptcy.
The attacks on Japan’s Pearl Harbor were then arose, resulting in the US Army’s eight-month occupation of Walt Disney Studios. The idea was to protect a nearby Lockheed factory, but Disney, who had already inquired about the production of a war film, took advantage of the opportunity to make a deal that saved his company.
Walt Disney Studios was contracted to create a series of war-themed cartoons for public displays as well as a variety of training films for military use. In the end, this was a “complete war,” requiring mobilization of the masses at home, and mobilization of the masses at home required domestic publicity. Who awakens a desire for victory over the American axis than Donald Duck, Disney’s biggest animation star of the time?
He was the most acclaimed of these comics and won an Academy Award Fuehrer’s face Since 1943, Donald Duck has been employed at ammunition factory in Nazziland. It is dominated by some kind of axis superstars ruled by Hirohito, Mussolini, especially Hitler. It’s another thing to hear the phrase “Heil Hitler!” In the voice of Donald Duck, and throughout his time of humiliation and privacy in Nazziland, he has to say a lot of it. When all this turned him in a tail spin with insanity, he awakened the bedrooms of the United States, starry sky, starry curtains, miniature statues of freedom, and more. For Donald, the nightmare has ended, but in real life, the alliance’s victory has remained far from certain.
You can see Fuehrer’s face And the other seven Disney-produced World War II propaganda comic (Rooney Tunes Short) duckfrom Warner Bros.) above playlist. Certainly some of them contain elements that are even considered crude and attacks here in the 21st century. But like all propaganda, they are of all great historical value, both in the realms of political history and animation history. Think about how they found their way to Europe and Russia and find the audience even as the war intensifies. Also, consider how much love Donald Duck and his fellow people have been loved by generations of German, Italian and Japanese children. After this complete war, no one enjoyed a more complete victory than Disney.
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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
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