Release Date January 11, 1942

Synopsis

Donald wrestles with his conscience in a decision of whether to buy war bonds or not.

Credits

Director : Ford L. Beebe

Characters

Donald Duck

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : On the Front Lines

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Comments

Made for the National Film Board of Canada in an effort to promote the sale of Canadian War Bonds.

From Jerry Edwards : This third Canadian bond film, using animation from "Donald's Better Self" and "Self Control" shows Donald relaxing in a hammock when he is encouraged by a radio voice to buy war savings certificates. Donald yawns and begins to go to sleep, saying "Tomorrow." An angel urges Donald to buy war savings certificates NOW and a Nazi devil tells Donald to spend the money on himself. The Nazi loses the verbal arguement with the angel and "blitzes" him, but the angel recovers and, after proper retaliation, steers Donald on his rightful path to the post office. Although a "Public Service" cartoon instead of a regular entertainment cartoon, I consider it nicely done.

From Ryan : This propaganda short uses animation from a small segment of "Self Control" and the rest is from "Donald's Better Self." I enjoyed the part where Donald's devil and his angel keep telling him how he should spend his money. As soon as the angel kicks the devil's butt, he hands Donald his piggy bank (which were actually a set of books in Donald's better self). Instead of going to school, Donald goes to the post office. This cartoon had quite a bit of entertainment value in it, but it was mainly fun historicalwise.

Referenced Comments

Self Control (1938)

Donald's Better Self (1938)

Donald prepares to mail his income tax payment.
Sketch courtesy of Acme Animation Galleries

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