Victory Through Air Power

original title:
Victory Through Air Power
country / year of production:
USA / 1943
original length:
70 min. , color
premiere:
USA: 17 July 1943
genre:
Animation
based on:
Alexander P. de Seversky: Victory Through Air Power. Simon & Schuster: New York, 1924.
director:
James Algar , Clyde Geronimi , Jack Kinney , H. C. Potter
film script:
Alexander de Seversky , Perce Pearce , T. Hee , Erdmann Penner , William Cottrell , James Bodrero , Vernon Stallings
producer:
Walt Disney
cinematographer:
Ray Rennahan
editor:
Jack Dennis
composer:
Edward H. Plumb , Oliver Wallace
cast (role):
Alexander de Seversky (Himself) , Art Baker (Narrator) , Billy Mitchell (Himself) , Alexander de Seversky () , Billy Mitchell () , Alexander de Seversky , Art Baker , Billy Mitchell
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plot synopsis:
Walt Disney aimed for shooting a teaching movie based on de Seversky's non-fiction book "Victory through air power". By the means of animation technique and real-life sequences of de Seversky talking history and possibilities of air fight are displayed. The movie has a strong touch of propaganda for the allied parties in World War II.
keywords:
documentary , air raid , air force , propaganda , submarine
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Artz, Lee. "The Righteousness of Self-Centered Royals: the World According to Disney Animation." Critical Arts 18 (2004): 116–31. Literature Resource Center, October 30, 2006.

Lesjak, David. "When Disney Went to War." World War II 20, 2005, pp. 22–56. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Augustana Tredway Library, October 30, 2006.
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