Featuring rarely-screened 35mm prints of World War II animation from the major Hollywood studios.

Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 8:00 p.m.
in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater


More than any other time in film history, World War II saw a direct request from the U.S. government for Hollywood’s aid in educating and galvanizing the public for its war efforts. Because of the unique and entertaining elements that animation processes could bring to political propaganda, some of the most creative and unusual war films to come out of this period were produced by Hollywood’s animation community. Animation film historian Jerry Beck will introduce and offer a historical perspective to this representative collection of films.

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The evening will include a 60th anniversary presentation of the Walt Disney feature Victory through Air Power, a film not screened in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years and rarely since its original release on July 17, 1943.

The program will also feature several war-themed animated short subjects, including Blitz Wolf (MGM, Oscar Nominee, 1942), Russian Rhapsody (Warner Bros., 1943), Song of Victory (Columbia, 1943), Reason & Emotion (Disney, Oscar Nominee, 1943) and Out of the Frying Pan into the Firing Line (Disney, 1942).
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