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Private Snafu cartoon

Film | RG Number: RG-60.1097 | Film ID: 4373

The Private SNAFU series of adult cartoon shorts (1943-1945) was made to instruct American service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Private SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up), produced by the US Army Signal Corps, was originally created by Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman.

In Episode 6, "Fighting Tools," Private SNAFU learns the lessons of weapons maintenance.


Film Title
Fighting Tools
Duration
00:04:36
Date
Production:  1943
Language
English
Genre/Form
Animation.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4373 Digital: MP4 - b&w - sound - SD
    Master 4373 Digital: MP4 - b&w - sound - SD
    Master 4373 Digital: MP4 - b&w - sound - SD
    Master 4373 Digital: MP4 - b&w - sound - SD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
In process
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a digital copy of this cartoon for a public program in November 2018 in Arizona entitled "What were we watching? Americans' responses to Nazism through cinema, radio and media."
Note
It is likely that this is part of Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 13 from the US National Archives and Records Administration (Source Archive Number 111-SM-13).
Film Source
Unknown copyright

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:20:54
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