The Spirit of '43 (1943)
- Directed by
- Jack King
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 31 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.
How it feels
Donald Duck urges Americans to pay their income taxes to support World War II efforts. The cartoon contrasts wasteful spending with responsible tax paying and ends with a call to defeat the Axis.
patrioticupbeatinstructionalenergeticwhimsicalsimplisticdatedwartime
What happens
The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943. The film stars Donald Duck and features writer/designer Carl Barks' prototype for the character Scrooge McDuck. It is a sequel to The New Spirit. The purpose of the film is to encourage patriotic Americans to file and pay their income taxes faithfully in order to help the war effort. The repeated theme in the film is "taxes to defeat the Axis". The film is in the public domain and therefore can be seen on many gray market videos as well as official Disney releases. The title is an allusion to the expression "Spirit of '76" (referring to the sentiment around the American Revolution in 1776). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The New Spirit (1942)
Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
Donald's Tire Trouble (1943)
Scrap for Victory (1943)
The Old Army Game (1943)
Donald's Decision (1942)
Home Defense (1943)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.