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The Spirit of '43 (1943)

19435:40theatrical shortdir. Jack King
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The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943. The film stars Donald Duck and features writer/designer Carl Barks' prototype for the character Scrooge McDuck. It is a sequel to The New Spirit. The purpose of the film is to encourage patriotic Americans to file and pay their income taxes faithfully in order to help the war effort. The repeated theme in the film is "taxes to defeat the Axis".

Synopsis adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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The Spirit of '43 streams free on CARTOON REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 5:40 of it.

What year is The Spirit of '43 from?

The Spirit of '43 dates from 1943.

Is The Spirit of '43 in the public domain?

This copy is served from the Internet Archive, where it is held as public domain material. Theatrical shorts lapsed into the public domain in large numbers, which is why so much classic animation can be streamed freely and legally.