The Grain That Built a Hemisphere

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere is a 1943 short animated propaganda film about corn produced by Walt Disney for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.^[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1943.^[2]

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
Intertitle
Directed by	Bill Justice Bill Roberts
Produced by	Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Walt Disney
Music by	Edward H. Plumb
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	January 4, 1943 (1943-01-04)
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bibliography

• Shale, Richard (1982). Donald Duck joins up: the Walt Disney Studio during World War II, Pages 80-3424 Volume 16 of Studies in cinema. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press. ISBN 978-0-8357-1310-8.

See also

• List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
• World War II and American animation

References

1. Shale, Richard. (1982). Donald Duck joins up: The Walt Disney Studio during World War II (Studies in cinema). Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press.
2. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1943 Awards for 1943 ^{[user-generated source]}

External links

• The Grain That Built a Hemisphere at IMDb
• The short film The Grain That Built A Hemisphere is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• The Grain That Built a Hemisphere at Disney A to Z
• The Grain That Built a Hemisphere at the National Archives and Records Administration