Peace on earth

Peace on Earth is a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short subject directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated by animals.

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[MisterTusk]

This cartoon scared the shit out of me when I was a kid

[DeathsDawn667]

Peace isn't supposed to exist.

In order to survive, one has to kill and consume another living thing be it plant or animal.

Nature's cruel joke, the guy who made this movie didnt realize that it isn't just humans that kill each other

[thehonorablereese]

I saw this when I was probably 8 or 9. It starts out like any other old, cutesy, Disney-esque cartoon with singing animals, then unexpectedly transitions to realistically-animated, human war violence. Definitely took me by surprise, and it had quite an impact on me when I was young about the true meaning of war. This was before my dad made my young brother and I to watch Saving Private Ryan when we were 14 and 11, respectively: a small step up, I guess, lol

[Keihzaru]

So... why are the post apocalyptic chipmunks christians?

[bokunobaka]

or it could have been made becasue of the war.

[Jh5kRadio]

Probably just a mix of what they knew of military equipment, and the cartoon was made in 1939.

[Gamewolf66]

Where's your God now?

[Ragnarill]

What do you mean look it up? The film depicts a future conflict in which mankind is eradicated, so obviously some weapons and equipment are reminiscent of WWI but there are also later developments like the newer airplanes and anti-aircraft guns.

[christian mandarino]

I really really want to be one of the monsters.

[Jakegothicsnake]

Yeah, but the only difference is that there would be nobody to celebrate it.

[Hewylewis]

Yes it is, look it up.

[Ragnarill]

it wasnt ww1