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Production costs and revenues of Walt Disney Studios' Animated Films (1937-1942) Leading into World War II, Walt Disney Studios was on the verge of bankruptcy. While Walt Disney studios had entered the early 1940s with major profits from films like Snow White which had seen high revenues, Walt Disney had a tendency to use all profits from released films towards the production of new ones.
The Spirit of '43. The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943. [3] The film stars Donald Duck and features writer /designer Carl Barks ' prototype for the character Scrooge McDuck. [4] It is a sequel to The New Spirit.
English. Budget. $788,000. Box office. $799,000. Victory Through Air Power is an American 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. De Seversky appeared in the film, an unusual ...
World War II transformed the possibilities for animation. Prior to the war, animation was seen as a form of childish entertainment, but that perception changed after Pearl Harbor was attacked. On 8 December 1941, the U.S. Army immediately moved 500 troops into Walt Disney Studios and began working with Walt Disney.
Education for Death. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is an American animated propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on January 15, 1943, by RKO Radio Pictures, shown in theaters with Fighting Frontier. The film is directed by Clyde Geronimi and principally animated by Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Frank ...
July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30) Out of the Frying Pan into the Firing Line is a 1942 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was distributed in Technicolor by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry. [1] [2]
A-31 Northrop Light Bomber. unknown. 1942. Disney produced 101 min of animation for U.S. Army Identification Series - WEFT (Wings, Engine, Fuselage, Tail). The animation is mostly limited diagrams explaining how to identify enemy air-planes but it is unknown how this animation is divided across the films.
World War II changed the possibilities for animation. Prior to the war, animation was mostly seen as a form of family entertainment. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a turning point in its utility. On December 8, 1941, the United States Army began working with Walt Disney at his studio, stationing Military personnel there for the duration of the war.