The Spirit of '43
1943 Donald Duck cartoon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943.[3] The film stars Donald Duck and features writer/designer Carl Barks' prototype for the character Scrooge McDuck.[4] 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".
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The Spirit of '43 | |
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Directed by | Jack King |
Story by | Carl Barks |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | Clarence Nash |
Narrated by | Fred Shields |
Animation by | Ward Kimball[1] |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film is in the public domain[5] and therefore can be seen on many gray market videos[6] as well as official Disney releases.[7]