Retrospective | Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi Retrospective (1943)

08/02/23 • 42 min

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi Retrospective, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on January 15, 1943, by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Clyde Geronimi and principally animated by Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, and Bill Tytla.

The short is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by American author Gregor Ziemer. The film features the story of Hans, a boy born and raised in Nazi Germany, his indoctrination in the Hitlerjugend, and his eventual march to war.

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Der Fuehrer’s Face is a 1943 American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in 1942 and released on January 1, 1943 by RKO Radio Pictures.

Initial release: January 1, 1943

Director: Jack Kinney

Producer: Walt Disney

Distributed by: RKO Pictures

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Silly Symphony is an American animated series of 75 musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the Silly Symphonies were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music.

Release date: September 7, 1929

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures (1-26); United Artists(27-67); RKO Radio Pictures (68-75)

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