Flights of Fancy (Part 13): Watch and Learn
The middle of the war, and the middle of the year 1943, saw something new added on the animation front: Education.
Category Archives: Animation Trails
Flights of Fancy (Part 12) – More Yankee Doodling
Many a cartoonist stayed well behind the lines, each winning the war single-handedly – at least with the imagery created from their drawing boards.
Flights of Fancy (Part 11): Above and Beyond the Call
During the war years – when leading cartoon stars were serving out substantial portions of their screen time in khaki.
Flights of Fancy (Part 10): Pass the Ammunition
We progress further into 1942, the planes kept rolling out of the factories and into the air, inspiring animators and providing our continued focus for this series.
Flights of Fancy (Part 9): Battle Stations
Even in the most lighthearted of films, topical wartime references were likely to pop up, leading to the inevitable coverage of wartime air activity turning up in the unlikeliest of places.
Flights of Fancy (Part 8): The Shadow Looms
After rushing to the screen a hasty salute to the Army in 1940, it was time for equal-time for the Navy and Air Corps in 1941.
Flights of Fancy (Part 7): The Calm Before the Storm
With audiences turning more attention to newsreels to keep track of the goings on across the globe, animated parodies of newsreels also developed as likely places to find items on aviation.
Flights of Fancy (Part 6): A Heavy Payload
We’ll wrap up the 1930’s this week, with another barrage of cartoons about flight, both for fun and for profit.
Flights of Fancy (Part 5): When Pigs Fly
Another batch of aerial toons from the classic thirties.
Flights of Fancy (Part 4): Rising to the Occasion
Today’s batch of titles from the mid 1930‘s take up the subject of flying on a sometimes smaller scale – several literally scaling down the action to the world of toys.
