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The Thrifty Pig (1941)

The Thrifty Pig poster
Directed by
Ford Beebe
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
4 min
Rated
G
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a short animated film from World War II. It shows the three little pigs using war bonds to build strong houses. The film teaches the Canadian public to buy war bonds.

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What happens

The Thrifty Pig (aka Thrifty Pig and Walt Disney's The Thrifty Pig) is a four-minute educational short animated film made by Walt Disney Studios for the National Film Board of Canada. A World War II propaganda film, it was released theatrically on November 19, 1941, as part of a series of four films directed at the Canadian public to learn about war bonds. The Thrifty Pig was directed by Ford Beebe. It is also a remake of the 1933 film of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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