Posts Tagged ‘Second World War’

Meatless Tuesday

March 26, 2022

“Meatless Tuesday,” a 1943 Walter Lanz “Cartune” featuring Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken. Directed by James Culhane. Note: “Meatless Mondays” were a wartime feature of WI and WWII.

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Canine Commandos

March 19, 2022

“Canine Commandos,” a 1943 Walter Lanz “Cartune” featuring Andy Panda. Directed by Alex Lovy.

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Air Raid Warden

March 12, 2022

“Air Raid Warden,” a 1942 Walter Lanz “Cartune” featuring Andy Panda. doing his bit on the Home Front. Directed by Alex Lovy.

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Andy Panda’s Victory Garden

March 5, 2022

“Andy Panda’s Victory Garden,” a 1942 Walter Lanz “Cartune” featuring Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken doing their bit on the WWII Home Front. Directed by Alex Lovy.

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December 7th

December 7, 2021

“The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,” a short video by the UK Imperial War Museums.

More:

“Blood and Oil: Why Japan Atracked Pearl Harbor,” Daniel Yergin, Washington Post

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‘Rosie The Riveter’ Clocks Out

December 30, 2010

Rosie The Riveter Clocks Out

Today one of World War II’s iconic “Rosie The Riveters” punched out on the time clock for the last time. Geraldine Hoff Doyle passed away at 86. A news photo of her working in a metal pressing plant is said to have inspired the famous “We Can Do It!” poster encouraging women to seek industrial work in the war effort.  While Norman Rockwell painted a woman doing war work for a magazine cover, it is the poster that has has become a pop culture icon.

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