I poorly worded my last comment. I did not intend to slam the American GI. I just noticed the umbrella bit and thought of Chamberlain's umbrella--one of the icons of the build up to WW2
This one does seem a lot like Hell in the Pacific, but in the movie both guys get killed when the Navy shells their island. Interesting that the music includes a litle bit of Tiptoe through the Tulips. I don't know if a GI watching this would sense from seeing Snafu with an umbrella any reference to Neville Chamberlain's umbrella from the Munich conference days.
Re: the picture at 2:22: It was produced for the armed forces, and the animators could get away with a bit more than they could have in a general release cartoon.
For some reason the animation and background seem a lot "lazier" than in the other SNAFU cartoons. This almost gives it a bit of a 60's feel. Though, the music sounds very 40's.
@marxyouth I saw it, but this is a military training cartoon. It does not teach anything related to winning the war, except maybe "if you win you can take some spoils".
@qbzzt I was wrong. They made this in 1945, with the war already mostly won. Probably the army didn't need the to produce any more training video - so they went back to their peacetime occupation of making funny cartoons.
did anyone notice the topless girl at 2:22
divinedvon 2 months ago
I poorly worded my last comment. I did not intend to slam the American GI. I just noticed the umbrella bit and thought of Chamberlain's umbrella--one of the icons of the build up to WW2
Gydinglight12 6 months ago
This one does seem a lot like Hell in the Pacific, but in the movie both guys get killed when the Navy shells their island. Interesting that the music includes a litle bit of Tiptoe through the Tulips. I don't know if a GI watching this would sense from seeing Snafu with an umbrella any reference to Neville Chamberlain's umbrella from the Munich conference days.
Gydinglight12 6 months ago
It was later re-made starring Bugs Bunny with some new gags if I recall it correctly.
PufferBluntman 1 year ago
@PufferBluntman Not quite. The cartoon you're thinking of came out about a year and a half earlier and bears only a passing similarity.
AndrewGilmore1986 3 weeks ago
Animated by Ben Washam entirley.
PunkyBear36 1 year ago
Re: the picture at 2:22: It was produced for the armed forces, and the animators could get away with a bit more than they could have in a general release cartoon.
ptorq 1 year ago
3:07 Wow, insanely fast sword slicing. I thought I'd see that only in anime, but this is an American cartoon.
BenHutchinson1 1 year ago
In the end he actually WON for a change!
BenHutchinson1 1 year ago
2:22 Look near left of picture. Pronz in AMERICAN cartoons!?!?!?! LOLWUT?!
BenHutchinson1 1 year ago
Katana versus pocket knife. LOL! Looks like Snafu is gonna get pwned again.
BenHutchinson1 1 year ago
Well regardless, it's obviously a Jones.
Reminds me of the Lee Marvin/Toshiro Mifune film "Hell in the Pacific".
vawlkee51 1 year ago
As to the point of this video I think was designed to be a moral boast for the Troops.
RaphBlade7 1 year ago
2:22 - Snafu's porn.
RaphBlade7 1 year ago
For some reason the animation and background seem a lot "lazier" than in the other SNAFU cartoons. This almost gives it a bit of a 60's feel. Though, the music sounds very 40's.
spindalis79 1 year ago
@spindalis79 Yeah, it's less fluid than the earlier ones.
aYankee102587 1 year ago
SNAFU = Situation Normal All Fouled Up
TheXenomorph1 2 years ago
What's the point of this video? What are they trying to teach?
qbzzt 2 years ago
@qbzzt Maybe that the fact that the americans toke some spoils of war. Didn´t you saw Snafu polishing the officre´s katana?
marxyouth 1 year ago
@marxyouth I saw it, but this is a military training cartoon. It does not teach anything related to winning the war, except maybe "if you win you can take some spoils".
qbzzt 1 year ago
@qbzzt I was wrong. They made this in 1945, with the war already mostly won. Probably the army didn't need the to produce any more training video - so they went back to their peacetime occupation of making funny cartoons.
qbzzt 8 months ago
Wow, SNAFU is in the US Army but has a Swiss Army Knife!
Hotshotter3000 2 years ago