Disney+WWII+Propaganda



During WWII, Disney was heavily involved in propaganda. From the navy to the airforce, Disney was asked to make films that would encourage viewers to join the army and buy victory bonds. The most well known proganda film by Disney was called [|Der Fuehrer's Face] which was made in 1943, starring Donald Duck. The film won an Academy Award for Animated Short Films.

The movie shows a nazi-ruled world in which Donald Duck lives. In this film Donald is shown waking up every morning to head to the assembly line in a factory in order to make bomb shells. After continuous monotonous work and little food, Donald begins to go mad and eventually awakens in his bed in the United States from a bad dream. In the final frame he is seen embracing a figurine of the Statue of Liberty, proud to be a U.S. citizen. Due to the film's extreme propagandistic nature and the depiction of Donald Duck as a Nazi, the film was kept out of circulation until 2004 when it was released on DVD as one of Disney's timeless clasics.