Private Snafu (1943)

19435:41theatrical shortWarner Bros. Cartoonsdir. Chuck Jones

Private Snafu is a series of black-and-white American animated instructional short films produced by the First Motion Picture Unit between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up" (often minced as "All Fouled Up"). He is depicted as an incompetent soldier whose misadventures are intended to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects. The series' animation was primarily outsourced to Warner Bros. Cartoons, producers of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.

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Private Snafu dates from 1943, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, part of the Private Snafu series.

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