Doing Their Bit

Film historian and media propaganda specialist Michael S. Shull currently teaches film history at George Washington University and teaches mass communications at Montgomery College (both in the Washington, D.C., area). He lives in Germantown, Maryland. David E. Wilt is a librarian at the University of Maryland in College Park. Together they authored Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945 (1996). Wilt is also the author of The Mexican Filmography (2003).

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface to the Second Edition      1. Not for Kids Only      2. Moving Lines Behind the Lines: Cartoons of World War I      3. Animated Talkies During the 1930s: A Political Overview      4. Meet John Doughboy: 1939–1941      5. All Out for V: 1942      6. Seein’ Red, White ’n’ Blue: 1943      7. Slow Fade on the Home Front: 1944–1945      8. The Adventures of Private Snafu, or, How to Laugh at the Military While Learning What Not to Do      9. That’s All, Folks!      Filmography      Private Snafu Cartoons      Mr. Hook Cartoons      Appendix A. War-Related American Cartoons      Appendix B. Frequency of Selected Topical References (All Cartoons)      Appendix C. War Relevancy      Appendix D. Featured Characters      Appendix E. “Ambiguous” List      Appendix F. Selected War-Related Commercial Animated Shorts: 1915–1918      Notes      Bibliography      Text Index (to page numbers)      Filmography Index (to entry numbers)

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