are they inter-connected in some shape or form?
2007-05-20 23:27:09 · 16 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
im asking coz of comic strips during world war 2. sorry. its soem info i found that wlat was with the war and then some info that walt was against the war so i dont knw what to think, im confused. its for an essay im doing on design and symbols and have to compare and contrast them 2 icons but its proving hard as information i keep getting is muddling me up. so was he with teh war or against. was he both? he cant have been then he is hypocrite right or not?
2007-05-20 23:35:12 · update #1
Walt Disney supported the American war effort in WW2. Some of the studios were even used as part of defense support, he was NOT a Natzi sympathizer!
For instance, did you know that Disney artists designed over 1,100 combat insignia for all branches of the U.S. military and that of her Allies? Or that Disney artists created art used by several Federal, State and private agencies for use on the home front? Or that Walt Disney and his artists created five anti-Nazi propaganda films the Studio's Publicity Department called "psychological productions," in addition to over 75 military training films?The day following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, military personnel attached to anti-aircraft units assigned to guard Burbank area war contractors moved into buildings at the Disney Studio.
Before long, Disney and his artists were producing all manner of training films for the military. Many of these films dealt with top secret topics including torpedo guidance systems, fighter plane tactics, aircraft carrier landing techniques and the electronic supercharger.
By mid-1942 Disney's Studio was officially declared a defense plant. Employees were fingerprinted, underwent security clearances and were given photo identification. Entrance to several buildings at the Studio was restricted because of the top secret work that was being done.
I do not have all the information of the cartoons that he used for his propaganda, but he even used the Disney characters in posters, supporting war bonds, food rationing etc. Often the Donald Duck was the character used.
There is a DIFFERENCE between Donald and Daffy Duck. Daffy Duck is a Looney Toons character, part of the Warner Brothers Studios that also supported the American war effort in WW2. Donald Duck is a disney character.
The Donald Duck cartoon that was most known to support the American War effort in WW2 is Der Fuehrer's Face with Donald Duck. Here is a link to some of the information on that cartoon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/der_fuehrer... In it Donad Duck is MOCKING Hitler NOT supporting him!
You might want to rent the DVD Walt Disney Treasures: On The Front Lines which goes into great detail about the Disney war effort.
The description of the DVD is as follows:
The Disney Studio was taken over by the military as part of the war effort. Making the most of the talent that hadn't shipped out yet, Walt Disney spent the next four years creating and producing training, propaganda, and educational films for the Armed Forces. In addition to these films, this extraordinary volume also includes the full-length feature "Victory Through Air Power." Released theatrically in 1943, this powerful propaganda film has never been reissued until now. You'll also see recently discovered on-the-set footage, and get rare firsthand accounts about the work and culture at the Disney Studio in interviews with Disney Legends Joe Grant, John Hench, and Roy Disney. Featuring exclusive introductions by film historian Leonard Maltin, this is a timeless collection from generations past for generations to come.
2007-05-21 00:03:24 · answer #1 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Walt Disney was a nazi. He never tried to make this private, but a lot of people around him didn't want it public. In spite of this, the Disney production house was closed for most of the Second World War for the purpose of producing propaganda films and pictures. So yes, to this extent you could call him a hypocrit, assuming he made those films of his own free will. The fact that Hitler hated Walt is probably enough evidence to suggest there is no real link between Mickey and the Swastika. Hitler even forbade citizens to wear popular Mickey lapel buttons in place of the swastika button (see ref).
Walt's Mickey Mouse appeared to the public in the famous Tugboat Mickey. Two months later, Walt published Mickey as a comic strip, which contained a small swastika in the last pane of the strip. I tried to find a picture of this on the net but the comic book is so old that I doubt anyone has opened one in years. A copy fetches upwards of $1000, and collectors dont take them out of the plastic. Similarly in the 1932 film, The Wayward Canary, Mickey lights a cigarette with a lighter that has a swastika on it. But this was some time before WW2.
In 1942 the studios released Die Fuhrer's Face (see ref) stars Donald Duck as a Nazi Worker. There are swastikas everywhere in that film, and I do mean everywhere. But it was intended as a propaganda film against Nazi Germany and the Axis states.
In 1943 Disney released Victory Through Airpower, also depicts Donald Duck's evil voice/twin with a swastika tie (see reference for pic).
Both these wartime films were hidden after the war ended, because they depicted Donald as a Nazi, but have recently come back into circulation after Disney released them on DVD a couple years ago.
But as for Mickey Mouse looking like a swastika. Not too sure. I do know that a Russian poster depicted Goebbels as Mickey Mouse with a swastika tail (also referenced).
Small swastikas appeared in Walt's early Mickey Mouse films and comic books. I'm sure there are more than the lighter and the last panel if people look for them. But in the public eye Mickey Mouse was the anti-swastika, particularly in anti-axis war propaganda.
2007-05-21 00:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by Sierra 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I swear....my hear hurt after trying to read your added information. If you're going to actually write a report on this subject you need to clean up your grammar, spelling and syntax.
As to your question...Walt was against entering the war until the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
2007-05-20 23:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Brilliant
2016-05-18 21:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Besides, before the second world war, a swastika was a symbol of peace in Europe. It was the Nazi's that changed its meaning by attaching it to their racist campaign.
2007-05-20 23:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Wiseyngsoul 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't noticed anything like that, Still! I must admit, i have not seen any Micky Mouse Cartoons for ages! And even then, I was not looking for any resemblance. Have a good day.
2007-05-20 23:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're asking because the people in the many other forums you've asked this question in has told you that you're wrong and you're looking for someone to agree with you.
And hey, you could turn on the spellcheck too.
2007-05-21 05:41:51 · answer #7 · answered by Elsa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Walt Disney was a famous nazi sympathizer. He was even friends with Hitler. One could wonder why a Hitler lover would go down the road of cartoons.
2007-05-20 23:38:57 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle K. Kleinsorge 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, only in philsophy ... Disney Corp is the new Reich, and the Mouse, rather than a swastika, is more like the new Leni Reichenstahl.
2007-05-20 23:30:30 · answer #9 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
before the nazis used the symbol it is widely used in dharmic religions
FYI: im asian, not white. just giving you a heads up because you might think that i am a nazi coz my avatar is bald lol
2007-05-20 23:39:56 · answer #10 · answered by seth 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋