The list in release order, from the earliest shorts onward. Showing 361–380 of 698.
22 Apr 1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips uses a familiar cartoon framework for World War II propaganda. Its enemy caricatures are racist and dehumanizing, so the short now requires historical framing rather than casual nostalgia.
28 Apr 1944 00:08:00
Marcella, a small girl, lies ill in bed through a long winter, and the doctor says that only spring, with sunshine and fresh air, will make her well. Her doll Raggedy Ann, coming to life when nobody is watching, decides to fetch spring herself.
01 Jun 1944 00:04:00
The narrator is a bull from the Panhandle, on his honeymoon when America enters the war.
17 Jun 1944 00:06:00
Plot documentation for this short is thin, and this summary follows the surviving film. At a cavalry fort in the Old West, a troop of dog soldiers in blue uniforms marches out of the barracks, and Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are among the men on duty. A sentry patrols the log stockade with his rifle.
24 Jun 1944
Hare Ribbin' redirects cartoon energy toward wartime behavior: morale, rationing, military mockery, training, or home-front instruction. The short uses familiar timing to make a public message memorable.
01 Sep 1944 00:05:00
It is payday in the Middle East and Snafu wanders a bazaar with his money. The Technical Fairy, First Class, runs a stand of his own and shows him a poster of the future his pay could buy if he saved it: a suburban house, a streamlined car, a lovely wife, a baby in a pram, a dog in its kennel on a…
16 Sep 1944 00:07:00
Plane Daffy builds comic conflict around a strong Warner personality: a hunter, trickster, duck, pig, or other performer whose timing matters more than polite story structure.
22 Sep 1944 00:06:30
Gandy Goose and his friend Sourpuss the cat are prospectors riding through the desert at nightfall, looking for somewhere to stay. A ghostly vulture swoops down and eats their horse, leaving them stranded. They come to a deserted mining town and decide to hole up there for the night.
16 Oct 1944
The Beach Nut uses Walter Lantz studio energy: loud characters, chases, broad voices, and quick escalation. The story is usually simple, but the point is how quickly irritation becomes full cartoon warfare.
06 Jan 1945 00:07:00
An orange alley cat is fed up with being kicked around: thrown out of a butcher's shop, chased from a house, attacked by a dog. He hits on a solution. He paints a white stripe down his back and douses himself in foul-smelling stuff to pass as a skunk, and it works, everyone keeps away.
13 Jan 1945 00:07:00
Screwy Squirrel, a small, hyperactive squirrel, skips school to go fishing. Meathead, a large, dim dog who works as the truant officer, is sent to bring him in. Screwy treats the pursuit as entertainment.
13 Jan 1945 00:07:00
A newsreel-style voice reports that Germany has been battered and wonders where the Nazi leaders, and "Fatso" Göring in particular, have gone. In the Black Forest, Hermann Göring, in lederhosen covered with medals, is soothing his nerves by hunting.
05 Feb 1945
Chew-Chew Baby uses Walter Lantz studio energy: loud characters, chases, broad voices, and quick escalation. The story is usually simple, but the point is how quickly irritation becomes full cartoon warfare.
03 Mar 1945 00:08:00
The Shooting of Dan McGoo takes a familiar premise and lets Tex Avery's logic detonate it. The story is less about emotional growth than about speed, reversal, exaggeration, and the cartoon's awareness that anything can happen if the gag is strong enough.
12 Mar 1945 01:14:00
After finishing their naval training, a bear cub, a monkey, a pheasant and a puppy go home to say goodbye to their families in the countryside. The monkey's little brother, Santa, chases his brother's cap into a river and is swept towards a waterfall; the dog and monkey rescue him.
Walter Lantz Productions
01 Apr 1945 00:07:00
Woody Woodpecker is hungry and looking for somewhere to eat. Every restaurant he tries is closed or full. Then he spots a sign in a shop window: "We specialize in stuffing birds". Thinking he has found the perfect place for a good meal, Woody walks in and sits down at the counter.
07 Apr 1945 00:07:00
In "1620 7/8", the Pilgrims sail to Plymouth Rock in a Mayflower fitted with wartime anachronisms, a navy gun deck, a Henry J. Kaiser nameplate and a fuel ration card, and found a colony that immediately splits into "Ye Democrats" and "Ye Republicans".
20 Apr 1945 00:07:00
Goofy reads from his diary, recounting his safari to Africa, and the film shows the trip as he tells it, in the style of a travel lecture.
04 May 1945 00:07:00
Blackie, a small black lamb with a sharp tongue, is the only sheep on the farm who objects to shearing time.
29 Jun 1945 00:07:00
Dog Face, a scruffy, slow-talking mongrel, is taken in by a rich man and set to work as his household servant, and the cartoon follows his efforts to rise from stray to gentleman's gentleman.
