"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date October 24, 1941

Synopsis

Donald finds a new hobby; photography, which he takes into the wilderness to photograph the wildlife.

Characters

Donald Duck

Credits

Director : Dick Lundy

Animation : Bud Carlson

Cut Scenes

The final scene showing Donald buying a machine gun and going on a shooting spree in the woods has been cut from this short.

Videos

Germany

Heir ist Donald

Italy

Sono Io ...  Paperino

Cartoons Disney 5

Laserdiscs

Japan

Hello! Donald

Disney Cartoon Festival 2

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Volume 1 : (1934-1941)

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #62

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #59

Comments

From Ryan : At the beginning, Donald sees a sign that reads: SHOOT NATURE WITH A CAMERA INSTEAD OF A GUN. He then sees a few stuffed animals in a shop. I enjoyed the part where Donald has trouble getting the woodpecker to cooperate. One part that I don't understand is when Donald sprinkles salt on the woodpecker's tail, the tail falls off of the woodpecker's body. When the woodpecker pecs a tree that flatten's Donald's camera, Donald decides to go buy a gun. In the original version of this short, he goes off on a shooting spree. Like most of these Disney shorts, I have never seen the uncensored version of it thanks to some *#@##$ do-gooders who don't have anything better to do with their lives. Pretty fun short if I do say so myself.

From Benke Cloudberry : I liked this short, I´m a fan of Donald´s and don´t like him to be a bad sport and in this short I think he is doin´the best of the situation. He is trying to get a good photo and the woodpecker is obstructing. I think I would have done the same thing - bying my self a shotgun, a revolver and a cannon and make it even with the bird. As you can understand I´ve seen the uncensored cartoon which is sent on the Nordic Disney Channel. I didn´t notice any machine guns as is described in the "Cut Scenes."

From Dino Cencia : I remember that I watched the final scene on TV when Donald gets really mad and goes to the gun shop and buys a gun and he goes back into the woods to find the woodpecker who destroyed his camera on the Disney Channel. I talked with my parents about why Disney Channel has to have to cut scenes. And my parents said because when little kids watch those cuts parts on TV, parents don't want their kids to be doing doing something bad with guns, grenades, cigars and stuff. So I understand about it and I know not to do it when I watch The Chronlogical Donald Volume 1 with Leonard Maltin about when he's talking about gunplay and other stuff on the DVD. Leonard Maltin is the best hosting the Walt Disney Treasures! I'm his biggest fan on the DVD.

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