{"product_id":"doing-their-bit-1","title":"Doing Their Bit","description":"\u003cp\u003e   The golden age of animation stretched from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, with movie cartoons reaching an extraordinarily high level of artistry and technique--far higher than today's TV cartoons, for instance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Nearly 1000 cartoons were produced by the seven major animation studios in the U.S. between January 1, 1939, and September 30, 1945--the immediate pre-World War II period up to the cessation of hostilities. More than a quarter of the cartoons substantially refer to the war, and thereby are invaluable in helping to understand American attitudes and Hollywood's reflection of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The meat of \u003ci\u003eDoing Their Bit\u003c\/i\u003e is a filmography with extremely detailed summaries of the 260 or so commercially produced, animated, war-related shorts, 1939-1945. There is also a good bit of overall commentary on these films as a group. Two chapters wrap up animated cartoons of World War I and the general political tenor of animated talkies of the 1930s. This edition also includes a new chapter on the outrageous government-sponsored Pvt Snafus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254378254680,"sku":"9780786415557","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786415557_b17e85d2-e1be-4136-9ab1-ea5debaf9455.jpg?v=1764497736","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/doing-their-bit-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}