The Ducktators | World War 2 Era Propaganda Cartoon | 1942
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The Ducktators is a Looney Tunes black and white cartoon that was produced by Leon Schlesinger and was released in 1942 by Warner Bros. Directed by Norman McCabe, who would later direct Tokio Jokio (1943) too, The Ducktators satirizes various events of World War 2. The title is a pun on dictator.
The Ducktators is a classic example of wartime propaganda. It is notable for being a satirical allegory of dictatorship portraying Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito (or Hideki Tojo) as ducks and geese who take over a farm, while a dove of peace feels powerless to stop them. The trio run amok in the farm yard spreading lies and bullying the other animals. Near the end, after being trampled in a failed attempt to end the ducktators' reign peacefully, the dove of peace gets upset, and wipes the floor with them all.
The dove of peace is a controversial character. He most probably represents the U.S.’s British allies. The dove of peace says "Have they forgot? 'Tis love that's right, and naught is gained by show of might." This is clearly a caricature of the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, whose ineffectual policies emboldened the Axis leaders. Chamberlain is remembered for prematurely declaring that his appeasement of Hitler in the 1938 Munich Pact (here represented by a barnyard "Peace Conference") had secured "peace for our time." Later on, the wimpy Dove morphs into a pudgy, victorious Winston Churchill. The crazy rabbit with a long mustache at the end of the cartoon possibly based on Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Overall, The Ducktators is a fascinating example of contemporary U.S. feelings towards its European allies.
The cartoon draws to a patriotic close as the dove of peace sitting on an armchair, reminiscing the tale with pride to his kids. The final message of the cartoon states to the audience that if they wish to defeat the Axis Powers and bring peace to the world once again, all they have to do is to ensure the country's victory by buying United States Savings Bonds and Stamps. This is a wonderful positive propaganda piece that was designed to solidify everyone behind the war effort.
The Ducktators remains quite possibly McCabe's strongest cartoon he directed. He nails every piece of political satire down to a tee, and for anyone that studies or has some extensive knowledge in World War 2 history, the parody is timeless. The concept of the political satire, with political figures playing as ducks and geese works wonderfully as a cartoon plot. Mel Blanc's use of vocal caricature on the ducktators are wonderfully exaggerated, and appealing; a rare gift you'll find little of nowadays.
The ending with the U.S. Savings Bonds and Stamps poster has been rarely seen since the short was sold to Sunset Productions in the 1950s and syndicated through them (as Guild Films). (We uploaded to CZcams the original, uncut version of the cartoon.)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
During active American involvement in the Second World War (1941-45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated antipathy for the enemy and support for America's allies. Patriotism became the central theme of advertising throughout the war, as large scale campaigns were launched to sell war bonds, promote efficiency in factories, reduce ugly rumors, and maintain civilian morale.
As in Britain, American propaganda depicted the war as an issue of good versus evil, which allowed the government to encourage its population to fight a "just war," and used themes of resistance in and liberation to the occupied countries. In 1940, even prior to being drawn into World War 2, President Roosevelt urged every American to consider the effect if the dictatorships won in Europe and Asia.
Films intended for the public were often meant to build morale. They allowed Americans to express their anger and frustration through ridicule and humor. Many films simply reflected the war culture and were pure entertainment. Others carried strong messages meant to arouse public involvement or set a public mood. Animation was increasingly used in political commentary against the Axis powers.
The Ducktators | World War 2 Era Propaganda Cartoon | 1942
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I think I know why this episode was banned. They smoke cigars at the beginning
pinkie pie It's. A. Goddamn. Joke.
pinkie pie It's a fucking joke
You know they smoke cigars in non banned episodes!
bobtherolingf**ot r/wooosh and r/english
bobtherolingfagot It’s a joke, do you have any humor?
"grandpa what did you do during the war?"
"Well... I voiced a nazi goose"
Which is hilarious, given that Mel Blanc was Jewish.
😂
I literally fell out of my bed laughing when I saw Mussolini. It looks exactly like him.
This is the funniest piece of propaganda i've ever watched.
I now xD
*cough, cough,* In Der Führer’s Face, *cough, cough*
@@SaintThiccolas Lol
*ahem* Der Fuhers Face *ahem*
@@sillyzelda Fuher xD
I've always thought stereotypes were hilarious not because it's true but just becuse of how over the top they are
I kind of agree.
+Yoshimitsu T3 it's not called propaganda for nothing lol
Stereotypes are true most of the time
Exactly. Why are stereotypical things such controversy these days? I mean we know they are over the top. We know that they don't represent everything of a people or person. So what is the harm in showing it then?
wu1ming9shi Buzzfeed is why.
6:41 "This is one for Pearl Harbor!"
And what about the two cities America nuked which killed far more innocent people than pearl harbor
The ones that ended the war and saved hundreds of thousands of lives? Awesome weren't they.
+Christopher Genschow we warned them that we had a bomb like they had never seen. Then after the first one we told them we had another. They didn't listen so we did it again. Plus the alternative was a mainland invasion that would have killed up to 5 million plus close to a million us troops. No us troops died the way we did it.
+glockfan112 yes and because of that a lot more innocent people died
+Christopher Genschow and you dont think civilian casualties would not have happened with an invasion which would include shelling and bombing?
"I'm a sick Hailer too"
"I am Chinese"-Made in Japan
And Gestinko are the best ever XD
the ducktators starring GOOSEolini. please say someone got my joke...
lordaeron115 duck... was a duck... it even said mr n mrs duck were expecting >.
i dont know :P he looks like a goose to me :P
eheheheh
Heh mussolini
I did
It's only propaganda if you lose.
If you win then it was a patriotic motivational film.
Bill23799 Is you’re on the right side it’s patriotic motivational film, if you’re on the side that doesn’t shoot non white people over pits in Eastern Europe and make plans to recolonize the earth for the white race, then it’s motivational film.
It's still propaganda doe lol
propaganda is any piece of media that rtries to spread a message, it doesn't matter if you win or loose
@@synthify6349 It always matters if you win or lose. If you win you get to write the history of the war slanted in your favor.
@@Bill23799 then why the fuck do we hear about the plight of the Weimar Republic and not the plight of the Belgians after ww1?
2:40 the southern accent was a real parody hit
the Japanese one got me dead that's fucked up but super hilarious
Cavin Nivac its fine because the imperial army way worse than nazis
Cavin Nivac 6:51 "Peekaboo, Fritzz."
That was funny but very...unususal xD
That's ducked up
@@shreksbackupbleach2578 both are tied what the nazis did to the Jewish and what the Japanese did to the Chinese
5:16 "I am Chinese...made in Japan" lol
is Japan and chinese not the same? sry, but i must laugh
Gybsin Parris a
Made in Japan??? I will buy that tough quality product then.
Times have changed
Yeah I'm mock turtle soup
I love how before 01:08 everyone was alright, and then it quickly escalated to that point.
That was a jump scare 😭
6:56 Even Stalin is portrayed as a questionable ally
Well, he was. He did murder his own people by using communism.
2:28 "We wish to apologize to the NICE DUCKS and GEESE who may be in the audience."
Laughed my tuckus off at that one!
Ben Daredundat please don't say tuckus.
Atticus Finch ass!
Ben Daredundat ty m80
wtf does "tuckus" mean?
The original storm troopers
XD
yep, you got that right. Also the screams of the TIE fighters (stukas, anyone?), the grey/black colour scheme, and-and...
Both equally useless
Holy $#&! You have no idea how long I've been looking for this short. I remember seeing it on a really old "Cartoon Classics" VHS tape when I was a kid and I finally found it again. Still as propaganda-y as I remember it was too.
damn how old are you now or err...how old were you when you wrote this comment
@@imbio6930600
2:43 South Germany
Killer Keemaronie thanks
i dont get it o
@@noskin864 german colony
@@anasimron not too sure if it was about German Colony in Namibia or if it was focused on the southern states of the USA (which has a majority of Afro-Americans) and the "mirrored" to Germany.
This is hilarious. American cartoons have always been very creative and entertaining.
Man, I wish you could say this 3 years later with that weird NFT cartoon
Not in the 70s lmao. Like 90% Scooby Doo ripoffs.
Not anymore I guess , else they would have made some on T*liba* or J*matis
did anyone else hear "for pearl harbor!" at
6:42?
Yeah i also heard it
The humour in this was ahead of its time.
5:30
That Stalin reference though was perfect
tutti frutti and all kinda whips cream anda nutsa!
donnythedingo "Sette, otto, nove, dieci!" (Seven, eight, nine, ten!)
Even in an anti-Nazi cartoon they still managed to be racist xD
I'm kidding, I don't care...
+tombaka42 its not simple humor this is clear brainwashing get over it
dIRECT0R It's not racist lmao.
We were in war what do you expect
I don't give a shit, I'm trolling xD
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i didnt know autism was acknowledged during ww2 lol
It was more of a term back then
SouthCalifas619 u dont even know what autism is
ADV 707 I do I have it
pretty sure they said artistic aspirations
Mubashir Dadabhoy It's a joke
It would be great if cartoons could do this again
Zeppelin lover it would be great if cartoons could go back to this high class style of animation
free bird Are you being sarcastic? Cause if you are, its not really the animation that matters. The hilarious jokes are what make cartoons like these so great
+classic rocker I think family guy does it but it's ironic no one insults the maker like they do Walt Disney. he was a great man. no proof of racism or anything. he did his job and so did his employees.
people act like the west is evil. it isn't any worse than other countries. the Japanese cover their ears and refuse to tell people the truth about their atrocities towards western soldiers who were GOOD.
I love these. I think society now is becoming dumbed down.
they didn't actually insult cultures. they insulted certain people who deserved it. they got the accents right and made funny jokes. nothing wrong with it. i wish it would return.
As an animator, I have to say that writing is more important (I've spent a lot of my career making garbage at least look as good as it can) but stale animation is the result of shrinking budgets and limitations in both time and talent. Cartoons should be funny but they should look good.
Peter Apazidis might happen if WWIII does happen they will make propaganda episodes on shows
This is better than 95% of Netflix. Correction to cartoon: Mussolini came before Hitler. Hitler even adopted the Nazi salute from the Fascists - he admired Mussolini greatly.
Used too * and Mussolini looked down on him . Up until Hitler became dictator, slowly hitler looker down Mussolini
7:03 thats 100% how bolt action rifle works
That’s a musket
when the egg hatches, and all you see is this little Hitler duckling......
BRN IT IN FIRE!
No matter how many times I see it, it still "cracks" me up. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
1:46 when the teacher hear you talk
I think it's really funny that when Japan made propaganda about the US they pictured the US a terrible country and when the US made propaganda about Japan it was a literal cartoon😂😂
They made japanese look like a joke
to people who say these cartoons are racist, take into account that Japan and Germany had their fair share of racially de- humanizing Amercians as well, America felt that this was a clever way to combat that.
+Jordan Gunn
That doesn't really nullify it. It just means that both sides were guilty of it.
+sarcasmagasm fair enough, I'm just trying to point out that it wasn't only the Americans that racially de- humanized their enemies.
TrueRoo99 the soviets did it too
"I am Chinese" -made in Japan lol its the other way nowadays
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition it changed in the 90s sadly
"I'm from south Germany " as a black dude this made me laugh and now I'm uncomfortable 😂😂😂😂
I don’t get it
@@chimpanzee341 Jim Crow Laws and Eugenics Laws from the American South influenced Nazi Germany's tactics on the Jews. South Carolina was a pro-confederate slave state that was one of the earliest states to have supported these segregationist and racist policies that were run by Southern Conservative Democrats who led these policies.
Also, another reference could be Southern Germany and its neighbors like Austria and the Sudetenland considered themselves more authentically German than the North.
@@rickardkaufman3988 interesting , thanks
@@chimpanzee341 You're welcome.
I add a like in addition, thank you
This is historically inaccurate. actually Hitler took Mussolini as a model for his further domination and both had full support from the Germas and Italians (using force or not)
its propaganda does it have to be accurate or make any sense 😂
This is historically inaccurate. Hitler wasn't a duck.
+CHR0MEMATIC lmao
+CHR0MEMATIC You're right, he was a goose.
Your not serious right?
6:22 hilers facial expression is the look I have on my face all the time.
lmao
4:37 every anime beggining
Tooty fruity. TOOTY FRUITY WITH ALL TYPES OF WHIP CREAM AND A NUTS!
“Pizza mozzarella cheesa alla amulla, italia mussolini Benito Fascismo pasketti.” -Benito Mussolini
lol
oh god, the Stalin rabbit xD
I suppose-its a...шарль де голь(France-their General)
Stalin had a pipe and his pipe is shorter but wider😉😄
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This is the first time I have seen the full length version of this cartoon. For some reason, most prints would end with the "busy little bee" line.
Thanks for the post...
Thanks for posting this. If not for youtube, most people would not know that this kind of work was ever done.
Why us Japanese people are always buck teeth in animations?
とても悲しい…
Your question is well worth considering. In my humble opinion, it's for the same reason all anime characters have pointed chins: limitations in the artist's technique (if not his or her ability). It's also a comment on the low opinion that leaders everywhere have of their constituents' level of education and apprehension, of course.
By way of explanation, let me state here that I admire many of Nihon's cultural institutions, the Shoku Nihongi and Heike Monogatari histories, her poetry, graphic arts, and, yes, anime, but, still, dislike being referred to as Gaijin, long nose, round eye, or foreign devil. I accept and go on, of course, believing that cultural centrism is an important part of defining a nation's individual character and "flavor".
Life would quickly grow dull if all folks looked and felt the same, even if that sort of world is a religious ideal held almost everywhere men live. I have a comment on nationality, creed, and race, which I hope you won't mind me making in this context:
"If I think a girl is sexy, and/or interesting, and fun to be with, then I don't care what nation, race, or creed, her parents were born to." -Wild Bill Cox
Just sayin . . .
It's a common stereotype that's got roots reaching back for over a 100 years, which are not specific to japanese, but rather people of asian descent in general. In fact, the buckteeth were in the beginning a trait common in caricature drawings of chinese, which was then transferred thru american cartoons and propaganda to represent the japanese after the events of Pearl Harbor.
GodCutter Omoshiroi . . .
It's a stereotype.
That was first used for the chinese calling them the yellow peril they reused it for the japanese cuz to americans they're both asians
Mussolini Duck has got to be the most hilarious caricature on this whole thing. Too bad so many folks are sensitive about the propaganda and portrayals rather than just laughing at how silly it really was. Got to take the context as it is.
Mussolini is Italian
3:39 remember star wars didn't exist
Autistic tendancies... ROFL
I like how the dove isn't a pushover in spite of being peaceful I liked that he stands his ground and only use violence as a Last effort
3:02 me explaining to the waiter my order for the 327 time
I died when Mussolini spoke
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I love how the pigeon creates peace like the US, with more violence.
At what point do you stop the warnings and do something about the problem? That's the symbol of the pigeon.
Adrian Schreiber Says a Communist sympathizer. How's that Stalin doctrine working for ya???
ffjsb Stalin was a traitor to the ideology. He ignored the most basic values of socialism. Lenin said that Russia had become: "a bourgeois tsarist machine... barely varnished with socialism." How can you critisize something you dont know anything about you ignorant sheep.
Adrian Schreiber And that ideology has worked in what country where?? Don't hurt yourself trying to come up with an answer, because it's NEVER happened. "Ignorant Sheep" is the typical insult from dumbass communists like you.
ffjsb You have not done any Research have you? Read the wiki article on socialism at leats. Russia under Lenin, DDR after Stalin, Yugoslavia, several african countries, and today socialism has made Norway, Denmark, and Swedens general population more wealthy than any average person in lets say the US would ever be.
I like Duck Mussolini
goosolinni
na moral, as animações antigas eram simplesmente geniais.
The comedy is just briliant
2:13 it’s kinda funny how that is both inaccurate and accurate at the same time. It’s inaccurate because Mussolini had taken power in 1922 and Hitler wasn’t a well known figure until 1930, and Mussolini never really had a liking if Hitler until 1938, but at the same time he was very guilable of Hitler’s ambitions and disregarded the concerns of his advisors like Italo Balbo.
rabbit represent Joseph Stalin
+hernaiz emanu He looked more like Jerry Colonna
How symbolic. The peace is what makes war to stop war.
2:40 hahahha cant stop laughing even though it's wrong
PanikGrafik I'm the only one who didn't get it...
haha xD ty
+DevTheMan0000 So, what's the joke???
+DevTheMan0000 OOOH, heheh!
+MarioConsi68 What was is? :o
3:23 adorable LMFAO
5:11 That joke will never get old i am not racist but that is genuinely funny. :)
6:20 you know your about to get dropped if a cartoon character starts jumping at you like this
This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life.
The fricking Japanese duck gets me every time, and my 100% Japanese grandmother thought it was hysterical when she was alive.
2:41 Best part
Does anyone know the march song at 3:34? Or is that just a cartoon tune?
Think it was composed for the cartoon.
Thanks. Really enjoy.
What's that rabbit suppose to represent?
According to the Wikipedia, the crazy rabbit with a mustache possibly represents Joseph Stalin.
TheBestFilmArchives he was crazy, so the rabbit hitting itself on the head could possibly represent that
RobertSahlqvist It's Jerry Colona one of Bob Hope's foils on the latter's radio show.
+The Best Film Archives It's Jerry Colona. Those researchers at Wickipedia must be "dumb bunnies" LOL!
RobertSahlqvist It's Jerry Colona
3:07 tuty fruty TOTY FROTY!
No, he says "sette, otto, nouve dice... TUTTI FRUTTI!"
that means: "seven, eight, nine, ten... ALL FRUITS"
and in German: "sieben, acht, neun, zehn... ALLE FRÜCHTE!" xD
6:09 the dragonborn FUS RO DAH!!!
When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water recedes, the ants eat the fish.
Your turn will also be.
Nah
Reminds me of Animal Farm.
The treaty tear-upper sure is to the point! Love the "Gestinko Gestapo" sign too!
But giving even those ducklings cigars at the beginning would not be allowed today.
Me as well thought of Animal Farm
1:09 turn your volym UP HIGH!
Ha Ha, you killed me :'D
2:25 thanks for the profile pic
I remember watching this on my old VHS Superman tape because it had random cartoons on it. I was like... well this is something different. I still have that tape. But it did cut out before the very end so I didn't see the 3 heads on the wall or the buy stamps and bonds part.
to think this cartoon helped us win the war.
It helped fund the US army
+HCN 27.0253g/mol yeah
but US army didnt win the war, URSS did
+trink48 The USSR in Europe,The US in the Pacific and Japan.
HCN 27.0253g/mol true. Thought you were saying about europe
I love how the ducks are goose steeping.
The WW2 propaganda never ended. It's still going strong today on the History channel, and else where.
That Was Awesome!❤
2:40 "Boy I'm from South Germany".
Ha ha, that duck's my nigga :D
Hi, I am a german viewer - may this film be available for all time on german yt - but please tell me, what kind of "people" may find this film/movie disturbing? For whom is this warning in the beginning appropriate? Regards
hurius Ignorant liberal apologists...
hurius Maybe ducks with mustaches found this offensive but other than that I don't know
Bundestag try to do everything , people to forget that war, to forget that gitler was from Germany.
Frankly speaking, there isn't a human, who hates all Germans just because of one monster.
I think, that plenty of politics try's to use the history for their own.
those who are so PC and racist
+Алексей Латышев
hitler was actually from austria, but close enough since their cultures are practically the same.
I'm scared.
mum take me home
You should be because I have not eaten in four days because I have been watching this thing
Epic
What's really cool is that each frame was drawn by hand. At 24 fps, 7min 44sec = 11,136 individual hand-drawn pages.
omfg, I heard "for pearl harbour" at around 6:45
lol emperor hirohito got away he survived the war...
Altho its unclear wether hirohito chose the path imperial japan made.
It's mocking Tojo more, I think.
?
Honestly, the USA back then couldn't tell the difference between Hirohito, Tojo, or any other Japanese back then.
Obviously this was made before the war was over, so they clearly had no idea how the war was going to end.
Hirohito remained emperor of Japan all the way until 1989!
I thought I had seen most of the wartime Warner Brothers cartoons. This is a new one for me.
5:29 i have been watching this part over and over again
This is in my opinion the best animated portrayal of Hitler in a cartoon. Only Mc Cabe could have pulled it off.
Really shows how censored our world is in 2018.
For some reason the song “This Land is my Land, this Land is your land” popped in my head when I was watching this. Hadn’t heard the song in 5 years
The egg cracking scene was halarious XD
Oh man I long for the days when political correctness and thought control didn't have a choke hold on society.
watch the south park episodes after 9/11
Uhm... this is Propaganda. So your comment is kinda ironic.
Alon I don't see Hillary as a SJW, I'm not voting for her because she's the right hand woman of Wallstreet. Did you see the last debate? She deflected a question asking about her super pac by using 9/11. That's not cool.
Yeah, they need to expose this to children and stop tip toeing and sugarcoating history!!!
Alon Trump is our president now. Bet you had fun lol.
Back in the days when numerous people in Hollywood actually acknowledged who the enemy was.
I like how the background music is a piece called Dance of the Comedians
They missed the opportunity to name it Goosestapo
2:01 animation framing error on the right duck
7:03 automatic musket lol
Declare war to make peace.
I love that! It's obviously foolproof!! Thank you for that cutting-edge idea!
(Sarcasm, if that wasn't obvious)
"He's a smarta fellow with brains eh?" lolololol that line killed me. somebody from NYC had to have come with that