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"Camouflage", is one of a series of animated movies made by the Walt Disney Co. in support of the U.S. war effort. Between 1942 and 1945, during World War II, Walt Disney was involved in the production of many propaganda films for the US government, some featuring well-known Disney characters including Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. The widespread familiarity of Walt Disney's productions benefited the US government in producing support for the war. In "Camouflage", the purpose is a bit different -- it's an attempt to educate members of the U.S. Army Air Forces about this vital skill. In it, Hoodie the Chameleon explains the importance of camouflage and decoys for equiment and ground installations against aerial attacks.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFi...
Aah yes. The 1940's. Where a cartoon lizard teaches soldiers about camouflage, interrupted by violent deadly air strikes.
Racist cartoon lizard*
Actually, Chameleon 🎉
Why not? Guys in dangerous areas don't need more dry lectures - give them a little entertainment with their info.
A force de se prendre des bombes sur la tronche se sont les allemands qui sont devenus les rois du camouflage 😊
@@volgshteinChameleons are lizards.
The soldiers probably didn’t even care it was a cartoon they were probably just super excited to get to see a film IN COLOR like imagine that you come from an old farm town with the most basic of amenities and now you’re watching a color film about to fly a war plane one of the most technologically advanced weapons of its time
To the man in the wheelchair who stole my camouflage coat: You can hide, but you cant run...
Oh wheelie? Dat's what you think!
0:33
Narrator: You notice this young deer, defenselessly except for it's protective coloring...
Me: THAT'S BAMBI!!
And G.I. Pinocchio @ 5:48!
@@chimera91977both were already Disney characters!
I can see why these cartoons were very effective for the military, everything is much clearer to understand when put into a memorable skit, this would probably look like gibberish if the only reference was bulleted instructions in a handbook.
I learned a few things myself, such as the glass reflection part. Stuff I never thought about.
That was a lesson learned in WW1 the hard way. British infantry went into the trenches with a lot of 'spit and bull' - and brightly polished buttons on their tunics and breast pockets. Didn't take the Germans long to spot that + marks the spot to aim for, especially at night when flares were used. Took the British 'brass hats' (senior officers) longer to learn that cloth-covered buttons reduced that casualty rate.
@@roblamb8327 At least they had given up the bright red coats by then.
Not only does humor make a subject stick in the audience’s mind better, the fantasy element stimulates creativity-which is PRECISELY what is called for in the field.
“Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome!”
“This is Mr. E.A Bradshaw. Mr. Bradshaw has learned the first lesson in not being seen - not to stand-up. However, he has picked a bit of obvious cover…”
I could not help but notice the name of the chameleon was "Yehudi". That name was used by the US Navy in WWII on "Project Yehudi" in which lights were placed on wings and other parts of anti-submarine aircraft. They varied the brightness of the lights to approximate the sky conditions, so that U-boats on the surface (where they spent most of their time, in that era) could not discern the shapes of oncoming aircraft. Done properly, the planes could not be seen. The project was shelved when the Germans started using air search radars on their boats.
I wondered where the name came from. 😎
Thanks for that bit of information. I read the comments for things like this.
A _very_ popular phrase among 'hep cats' of the 1930s and 40s was _"Who's Yehoodi."_ It originated with a 'bit' on the Bob Hope radio show wherein Jerry Collona repeatedly goofed on the name of a concert violinist named Yehudi Menuhin. The catch phrase _"Who's Yehoodi"_ spread like wildfire and became the name of a very popular Cab Calloway song.
'Yehoodi", per the song, was "the little man that wasn't there", a mysterious character that no one knew anything about.
Here's something you want find on Disney+, heh heh. Love these old videos!
The racism is incredible, they don't do it like that any more.
@@erg0centric ,, stop judging the past films by the lefts standards today. You have to put yourself in the films idea at the time the 40'S.
@@erg0centric I would have been disappointed if at least one hemorrhoid didn't post a statement like that.
@@artmills7957LOLOL!
@@hoskinmage So it is only by "the lefts standards [sic]" that anyone should hesitate to be a stark raving bigot?
Tens of thousands of soldiers can shoot. In fact they're amazing at it. BUT 80-90% who make it into Sniper Training FAIL at concealment. That's right, MOST super shooters just can't hide well enough to do the job and live to tell about it.
But the Finnish sniper from the Winter War against Russia had camouflage perfected even in the snow. Over 500 confirmed kills. He got the point. 🇫🇮
@@SilentEcho9194 I didn't say otherwise.
That's s skill I wish I had. Believe it or not, this cartoon taught me several things.
Wait. Are you saying 80-90% of those in sniper training fail out b/c of their concealment skills (or lack thereof)?
B/c if that's the case, I'd say the failure lies more in the training itself rather than the trainee. Or in the selection criteria. Which is the complete opposite of pilot training where much R&D has been used to ensure that they select candidates that have more than a fighting chance of actually getting their wings.
But I suppose it's nowhere near as expensive to lose a sniper candidate halfway through training than it is to lose a pilot candidate.
But still, seems like unnecessarily high drop rate in this day & age.
My uncle was a navigator on a light bomber; a 2Lt in the Army Air Core. His plane disappeared in 1944 over the Coral Sea. He must have watched this same film.
Very sorry
Thank you for his and your service. Families of service people serve no less than our military.
Sorry to hear his loss. But thanks for his service then.
My great Uncle Clarence was shot down over Italy. Doubt there were any family who didn't lose someone.
A nice slice of America
And
A wealth of valuable survival knowledge
True , I am watching thinking . Now I know how to hide my homestead when tshtf . Hoping I won't have to . I'm too old .
@@markhenry2360 Don’t wait! Hide the homestead now! And Keep the Revenuers from finding you!
I wonder if this was always censored, or if G.I.s got to watch a cartoon Japanese pilot do a stunning impression of a fruit smoothie.
Love these old cartoons 💕.
They were still using this movie in the 70's to teach the principles of camouflage.
It's a good "one - pager" for camouflage. Not for current international relations, now. It had its purpose in WWII.
No
It's a world war 2
I mean i can see this be useful for airbases in Vietnam.
Ft. Leonard Wood the US ARMY Engineer Corp's & Military Police training center think they also do Chemical Corp's now. They had a awesome library/ museum, sound proff pods with nearly every instrument the library also has every training film made from 1930's and up. Every training manual and vehicle repair manual known. Awesome place in 1979...
It's true about being able to see where someone has walked . Specially early in the morning when there is dew in the ground . Someone walking across a field of grass , it looks like snail tracks and can be seen easily from 4000 feet , or more .
Somebody should restore the color of this to the look of true 1940s Technicolor. I suppose the master negative may no longer exist, but the digital technology to restore it should. Colorization has come a long, long way since "Ted Turner's crayons" were first used, so surely someone could restore this to what it would have been at an original screening. I wish I knew how to do it. There is great historical value to old films like this.
This print was probably produced in Eastmancolor from a Technicolor negative. If it was a true Technicolor print, it might show its age in scratches, dirt and overall picture quality, but the color should be very bright. This should look as colorful as a typical Loony Tunes cinema short.
audio could "easily" be cleaned up also.
Apparently, this film was directed by Disney legend Frank Thomas while serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Forces, so it's not a Disney production, but it is infused with the Disney artistic spirit that Thomas brought to the table.
Walt was involved with the military as well.... creating exactly what this military film is portraying....You can be sure there is a connection between the two of them and the military
The military more or less had complete control over the animation studios during the war with many famous animators working with them. One of them was Doctor Seuss, who served in the Army with an animation unit where he created training films including Private Snafu.
@@schizoidboy Was that him or Ward Kimball in the "live action " part?
Funny thing is...this isn't Disney. This was by Hal Roach studio.
@@FrizFreddy1994 Yeah but by putting Disney in the title he will get more hits.
Wow thanks for actually teaching me the fundamentals of camouflage, Army Air Corps!
Army Air Force*
@@captainoblivious_yt Successor to USAAC, precursor to USAF.
2022 news anchor: "tell us Sergeant Smith, what was your greatest tactic in battle?"
Sergeant Smith: "I watched old Disney cartoons.
The animation of that chameleon character is incredible. Sad that kind of animation skill is going extinct.
depends what you watch. there is still alot of animation in japanese anime. well, depending on the studio and director (im assuming you mean animation in general and not the the specific style of the old disney cartoons)
Reminds me of bob ross
There’s nearly 8 billion people on the planet. I’m sure there are more than a few guys who can replicate this type of art. Now if a studio wants to use it is a different story. Extinct and not-in-use are two totally separate things
The old training cartoons are the best
These old training films just tickle me! Timeless and classic! I hope to have no kill marks on MY bumbie!
Trivializing WAR ,this is just brainwashing and desensitizing of the young minds. G.I. magic ,no , black magic more like it.
@@markdemell3717 this was made during war and to make it easier to understand for new pilots
Get over yourself
@@markdemell3717 ,,grow up cupcake you CAN NOT judge the past by today's standards. That's the problem with you liberals you want the whole world 🌎 to knuckle down and think what you think be what you want but I got news for you snowflake ❄ WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK! You fight a war then you can have your say but for now keep your opinions to your self. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT FOUGHT AND STOOD UP FOR AMERICA !! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID!!
@@markdemell3717 it just makes me want to serve
"I'm getting the Hell outa here!" OMG! In a Disney cartoon!
Yeh, they weren't very PC then.
This is for the military. Air Force I should say. Disney and all the other companies that you know of decided to make military films as they were all on the brink of collapse.
@@keenislander9897 yes i know
missed the part where someone literally gets mowed down by a plane propeller lmao
It's for the military.. so of course they'd swear!
They're using the same projector we used in High school back in 71'
We were taught the 5 S's and the M method in the SADF.
Shape, Shadow, Sound, Shine, Smell and Movement... but we added Silhouette and confused our Corporal Instructor immensely.
Until the Major came along to listen, and added Spacing to the list.
We were Armoured Corps, not Infantry, who only seemed to be taught of the 5 S's!
The best way to hide a tank is to ask everyone to close their eyes. Works every time.
If you go in the south side of Bramshill Plantation in England you can still see the hard standings under the trees which were built to hide the vehicles waiting to go down to the coast for D day.
Canadians mostly in that area.
I believe the voice of the chameleon was that of the old character actor James Gleason
Ronald Fazekas I think you’re right-certainly sounds like him.
This is delightful. Thank you!
Camoflage/cover/concealment..........The basics......Hard to imagine that Disney did something really usefull. even an old SeaBee can understand-lol
Well should’ve expected the stereotypes with the Japanese lmao otherwise tho it was quite fun. I really liked the chameleon
otherwise?
honorabre suterotype bery funny, prease
P-39s, not often you see them.
They were given to the Aussies to fly and they did well with them too.
I have always loved camoflouge . This film was very interesting for me . I didn't know much stuff all about this art . Thanks for sharing
Better then the movies now
I've seen SNAFU's camouflage cartoon.
jsl151850b almost like watching a Chuck Jones Cartoon except it’s Disney and not Warner Bros.
Many Bugs Bunny and Looney Toons artists actually came from Disney Studios. So small wonder.
I have, too. Unfortunately it's not as good as this one. But then I don't think it was much of a training cartoon.
To think, my grandfather more than likely had to watch this short as part of his training in the U.S Army Air Force Signal Corps. It's thanks to guys like him working far behind that the bomber crews had as accurate info as they could have gotten so they could place their payloads on target.
WW2 was such a light-hearted war.
Yeah, a lot of people died laughing.
Amazing to see documentation of the fact that Disney once loved the United States.
“Right where it belongs.” 😊
You should see the Disney movie "Victory through Airpower"
It became the basis for the entire war effort....old Walt won the war....kinda freaky really
This is brainwashing and desensitizing ,mumbo jumbo.
@@markdemell3717
No, this is teaching to the weakest student
Desensitizing and brain washing would be things like Jarhead and Blackhawk Down or even the entire series of The Last Ship.
The fact you can't see the difference proves the point.
@@donneale7555 The fact that you cannot see the difference proves my point. Brainwashing starts at an early age ,so they can mold one ,and drill crap in to their heads .Children are like sponges .Wake up my friend .I care not your response,I see the big picture and you do not yet or your the controlled opposition. What ever,have a nice life .
@@markdemell3717 stop eatting paint mark
You actually can' t tell the difference between educating an unskilled labour force and indoctrination....during the 1940's....during a war
If you really can't put those pieces together, there is no reason to continue this lovely chat
Go play some more CoD
@@donneale7555 Mock what you do not discern,that's ok ,I discern you and I will never take advice unsolicited form some one pushing their thoughts on me . Wake up. So long and have a nice evening.
What a GREAT film! Entertaining & informative! 👏🏽😎
All I can say Is "Thank You"!!!!
I’m getting the hell out of here! Smart Chameleon lol
Brainwashing and desensitizing of the young minds!
mark demell wtf man? Why would you take the time to type that reply to my comment from almost a year ago?
@@beardoggin8963 I stayed away from the internet for awhile.
Boss.. I think we should hire that Lizard for Diamond Dogs!
The GEICO geckos grandfather.
Those were the days!
People were dying tf do u mean
It's truly sad that Disney has turned into what they are today.
HemlockRidge
What do you mean?
@@777Ryank Just one huge corporate giant, more concerned with Public Image (read Politically Correct) than with keeping true to old stories. I swear Disney is the home of the Political Correctness KGB.
@@HemlockRidge Yes you really miss the racism don't you.
@@389383 What "racism"? Most of the Snowflakes use the word. It gets thrown around to make themselves seem, well "Oh I am SO progressive", when really it is only themselves that have decided whether something, or someone is racist or not. I'm quite sure that you also use the word "fascist", and don't have a CLUE what it really means.
@@389383 No one mentioned racism but you. You're just another libtard hypocrite
Great cartoon on training soldier!
The crazy thing is, with drones in warfare, concealment training is more important than ever. Other than thermal this old video is still true today.
The First Motion Picture Unit was headed by Captain Ronald Reagan who, in 1943, sent a photographer to fellow actor Reginald Denny's Radioplane, a manufacturing plant at Van Nuys' Metropolitan Airport, where target drone aircraft were built.
The photog focused on a young assembler, Norma Jeane Dougherty, launching the career of the lass later known to the world as Marilyn Monroe.
Man I LOVE these old films and cartoons you post! Thank you and please don't stop! And yes I am subscribed!
The high ups refused to accept camo until the 90's, only a few commando units in the pacific then in the 70's ever used it....ironically you can see US airodromes in Iraq on google earth.
As long as you have got air superiority, you can neglect camouflage.
And since WW2 the US always had absolute Air superiority especially in the late 20th century.
But now with aerial drone warfare and the threat of peer rivals I think it is important. @@norbertfleck812
18:05 Dang, they weren't afraid of showing violence, then, even though it was partly censored.
Periscope, I love you 💕
Things were different in the past
Things will be different in the future.
They made war seens cute.
Right where it belongs!! Great ending
11:45 I didn't know Pinocchio was in the US Army/ Air Force
Thank you for this educational video..learnt a lot and my son is happy for this 💙
Monty python did a tutorial on the importance of camouflage.
One thing that was lacking from the Disney war effort: Mickey Mouse. This was a stark difference from Bugs Bunny and Warner Bros. Carl Banks was not so independent-minded when he was making the Donald Gets Drafted series too, though I will not deny Donald was quite a fighter for the war effort in other cartoons. The whole studio should've colonized and not just occupied by the U.S. Army during World War II.
One thing I didn't hear,- be random in your placements. In nature it,whatever it is,grows any old where,where ever it grows. People have a habit of patterns.
I was going to wear my camouflaged shirt and my camouflaged hat today....
BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT!
Ken Collins LOL Boom Tiss
Ohhhhh! There's some thick propaganda there! 😳
Only leftists point it out.
I had a hard time seeing this ... because ... it was camouflaged.
Well at least you're not crying racism.
Serious dude...
To bad for the not so camouflaged watermark...
It's really nice that they provide this remastered history for free for us.
But their main income is selling copies of them, and so they put the watermark on to make sure they aren't pirated.
If people could just download them, they would lose the income that they use to make these available in the first place.
@@ke6gwf and with Disney + all these old shorts are becoming"problematic" 🤨 with the SJWs
At least this one doesn't have the huge timecode a lot of their other films do. I can live with the watermark.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous CZcams users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
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Caught SNAFU and camouflage today thanks
It's a shame what happened to that poor outhouse
The very first repair after a bombing raid is rebuilding the outhouse.. No shit
18:40 Japanese pilot be like:ahhhh the tree is flying 💀the tree is flying and roaring like an engine
First time I've heard the name Jehuty outside of Zone of the Enders.
google "who's yehoodi"
Project yoohooti was a program that successfully cloaked airplanes in flight.
The problem was aircraft were being used to hunt nazi U boats but the u boats could see the approaching aircraft a long way off and dive to safely.
To combat this, lights were put into the leading edges of the airplane and lit up to match the Intensity of the sky. This broke up the shape of the aircraft and made them harder to see. Now the aircraft could get close enough to bomb u boats on the surface before they submerge.
It is rumored that this project was what inspired the Romulan cloaking device in Star Trek.
Nothing can stop the Army Air Force
Crazy to think we now have light refracting camouflage
10/10 will use somehow
5:56 Snafu lol
Incredible what war does to waste people's time, money and effort. And it's all done by human beings, to ourselves.
Mickey...garsh...i think thats a panzer
13:51: Nature Calling.
this will help with my camo paint jobs Thanks Periscope,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,UP
Leave it to Disney to make a Cameleon look like a Chipmunk, or a Frog, or a Squirrel.
At first I was thinking, they keep talking about the Japanese planes "coming back". If they've already ID'd the spot what good does camo do? They're not going to believe you moved everything in so little time.
But then the bits about decoy planes etc made it make sense.
Cool!
Camouflage set up is so tedious. If you skimp on the details BAD things happen.
Am I the only one who sees how this his has new relevance with the way drones are being used in Ukraine. Same techniques and principles can be used to deceive video and NV cameras, although some modification will be need to deceive thermal.
The chameleon sounds like James Gleason.
'Tis!
The Japanese military was rlly good at hiding their planes as well as making fake ones to confuse the enemy. American shoulders once found a decoy plane they had carved out of volcanic rock. There’s a photo of it out there.
age-old fun on planet insanity
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Bell Aviation P-39 Airacobras! YAY!
Hurt my eyes watching blurry film 🎥🎥🎥
👍👍👍✌️❤️спасибо ,интересно!🇺🇸💋
I’m getting’ the hell outa here!!!
The planes in this 'toon resemble the AeroCobra used in Burma and China
Anyone know who voiced the chameleon? It sounds like a Mel Blanc voice...
Actor (and Director, Writer) James Gleason
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0322299/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t5
Hell Yes
Right where it belongs!
Air Cobras!
What the whole World loved about American culture: the ability to use humor and self deprecation.
When we see German and Japanese training films from that era, it's just hyper discipline & brainwashing.
Lol deleted kill
SO MANY AIRACOBRAS!?!?
"How not to be seen."
It was a lizard I thought it was a weasel all this time lol.
Why does you tube disable comments on the SNAFU,s cartoons??
Those clips are from the U.S Army archives. They don't take kindly to commentary. Watch some of the unofficial ones for comments.
Because they're leftist pussies who think its illegal for folks to have opinions and to think for themselves