The Spirit of '43 (1943) A Donald Duck Propaganda Cartoon
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00:00 [Music]
00:13 Payday! Payday!
00:17 Yes, payday. Millions of dollars pouring into the hands of the American worker.
00:21 Now in the mind of the average worker live two separate personalities.
00:25 One, the thrifty.
00:28 Wait a bit, laddie. You're going to save a bit of that, aren't you?
00:31 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.
00:34 Oftentimes idle money burns a hole in your pocket, which brings up the other personality, the spendthrift.
00:41 Hi, big shot. Come on with me.
00:44 I'll show you how to spend your dough.
00:46 Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
00:49 I got a couple of good dates.
00:52 What?
00:53 But, laddie, I've got some better dates.
00:56 Important ones, too. When every American should pay his or her income tax gladly and proudly.
01:02 This year, thanks to Hitler and Hirohito, taxes are higher than ever before.
01:07 Will you have enough money on hand to meet your payments when they fall due?
01:10 We'll take care of that later. Forget it, forget it.
01:13 But you don't want to forget our fighting men, do you?
01:15 No, sir.
01:17 Then you'll have to start saving right away to meet your tax payments.
01:20 Well, well, well.
01:21 Listen, chum, spend it. It's your dough.
01:24 Yeah, that's my doe.
01:26 Ay lady, it's your doe, but it's your war too.
01:30 You must save for victory.
01:32 What's money for? Spend it. Shoot the works.
01:34 Nay, nay. You must save it.
01:36 Spend! Save!
01:38 Spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, spend, save, save!
01:42 Well, now what are you going to do?
01:51 Spend for the axis?
01:54 Or save for taxes?
01:56 Just remember, every dollar you spend for something you don't need is a dollar spent to help the axis.
02:03 That's right. And every dollar you sock away for taxes is another dollar to sock the axis.
02:13 For it is your taxes, my taxes, our taxes that run the factories.
02:19 American factories, working day and night.
02:26 Factories making guns, machine guns, anti-tank guns, long-range guns, guns, guns, all kinds of guns.
02:46 Ready to blast the aggressors from the seas.
02:50 Taxes for American factories, working full blast, making planes.
03:01 Bombers, dive bombers.
03:10 Helicopters, interceptors, stalk the birds of prey that fly by night.
03:16 Taxes to bury the axis.
03:36 Taxes for ships, battleships, battlecruisers, destroyers, all kinds of battle wagons.
03:42 Taxes to sink the axis.
03:55 Taxes to keep them flying. Taxes to keep them rolling. Taxes to keep them coming.
04:01 Taxes to beat to earth the evil destroyer of freedom and peace.
04:06 [Bombs exploding]
04:09 This is our fight. The fight for freedom.
04:16 Freedom of speech, of worship, freedom from want and fear.
04:22 Taxes will keep democracy on the march.
04:27 [Chanting]
04:38 [Bomb exploding]