The Ducktators (1942)

Directed by

Norman McCabe

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short animated film is a wartime parody that uses caricatures of animal dictators to mock the leaders of the Axis powers during World War II. It follows the antics of these characters on a farm to deliver a pro-Allied message.

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What happens

The Ducktators is a 1942 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes propaganda animated short directed by Norman McCabe. The short was released on August 1, 1942, and satirizes events of World War II. The title is a pun on dictator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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