Duck-filled chaos meets law and order in this hilarious vintage cartoon! "An Officer and a Duck" brings classic slapstick humor, timeless animation, and feathered fun from the golden age of cartoons.
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01:29When World War II broke out, the Disney studio was prepared to do its part.
01:34As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, more than 500 soldiers moved on to the Disney
01:44studio lot in Burbank, supporting various anti-aircraft installations located in the hills around Los Angeles.
01:51Veteran Disney animator, story man, and director Jack Hanna recalls what happened.
01:56The day after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, I was quite anxious to get to the studio to see what the situation was going to be.
02:05And I found utter chaos. Everybody was in the same frame of mind I was, confused and didn't know what was going to happen.
02:15And we didn't know that Walt was making arrangements already to do training films for the Army and Navy, but I'm sure this had been planned earlier.
02:26While some Disney employees went off to war, others with deferments or reassignments began work on training films.
02:33Walt Disney and his brother Roy, business partners from the outset, faced a depletion of the studio workforce.
02:51Drastic cuts were made in the feature film production schedule, and preparations on Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan were abandoned for the duration of the war.
03:01Goodbye, Dinah. Goodbye.
03:07A popular legend tells the story of an animator who stopped work on The Wind and the Willows to join the Army.
03:15And returned four years later to continue animating the exact same scene of the film.
03:21Although training films such as aircraft landing signals and four methods of flush riveting were the mainstay of the studio's film production during the war,
03:30Disney also scored impressively with Victory Through Air Power.
03:34It was a visually stunning animated film, which argued convincingly that World War II would be won or lost through the use of aircraft.
03:42At the same time, Donald Duck starred in several of the most popular Disney films.
03:47In a memorable Academy Award-winning short, Der Führer's Face, Donald's work in a German ammunition factory turned out to be only a frightening nightmare.
03:58And in another, he realized that paying taxes meant helping to win the war.
04:03Just address it to your local collector of internal revenue.
04:06Okay.
04:07Sure, dog.
04:07And Donald often appeared in wartime cartoons as a flustered draftee, with a burly, perplexed Pete as his stern drill sergeant.
04:16I said don't move!
04:19The audience really took to them immediately, and because, naturally, it was a natural thing for the duck trying to live up to a big guy.
04:30But the thing is, a duck would only take it so long, and then he'd reverse the thing and end up getting the best of the situation with Pete.
04:41Donald also suffered as the victim of his nephew, Huey, Dewey, and Louie's ingenious pranks.
05:05Surprisingly, Donald's service to his country did not end when the war did.
05:09Promoted to Sergeant Duck, he finally received his Army discharge papers in 1984, in the middle of a year-long 50th birthday celebration.
05:19Joining Donald was his loyal friend, Clarence Ducky Nash.
05:22Ah, that's a great surprise. Something I never expected.
05:26Well, I always expected it to happen sometime now. It's a great pleasure, too.
05:32Nash, an endearing figure to Disney fans, young and old alike, was the one and only voice of Donald Duck for over five decades, a partnership that sadly came to an end with Ducky's death in February of 1985.
05:44But one needs only to look back at Donald's wartime contributions for an example of this brilliant team in action.
05:53Through Nash, Hannah, and the entire animation staff, Donald emerged as one of the nation's leading heroes.
06:00As the average American with something to contribute, Donald played an important role in Disney's war effort.
06:05One of the biggest attractions in the Disney family of animated characters, he provided Americans with some light-hearted moments during the troubled days of World War II.
06:16I'm going to be a citizen of the United States of America!
06:21Oh!
06:22Oh!
06:35The Army's not the Army anymore.
06:42It's better than it's ever been before.
06:46The bugger blows, I can't get them up at quarter after seven.
06:50But if you're tired, stay right there and sleep until eleven.
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08:18I came from a family of everywhere else.
08:23My son, you're my husband, you're my husband, you're my husband.
08:25Sign here, sign here.
08:27Yes, sir.
08:31Now, can I fly?
08:34Fly?
08:36Well, first you better pass your physical examination.
08:40Oh, fool, that's a sledge.
08:42Okay, buddy, through that door.
08:48Left, left, left, left, left.
08:55Left, left, left.
09:00What's his name?
09:04Donald, take his pulse.
09:06Hmm, nothing here.
09:21Open your mouth.
09:26Now say, ah.
09:28What color is this red card?
09:42And this green one?
09:54Blue?
09:55That's close enough.
09:56Can you hear this?
10:01Meow.
10:13That size?
10:14Nine and three quarters.
10:17Chest?
10:18Fourteen and a half.
10:22Sleeve lane?
10:23Seventeen and three quarters.
10:24Okay, soldier.
10:48Okay, soldier.
10:49Soldier?
10:49March, March, March, March, March, I wanna fly, hey you, get in step, left, left, left,
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