>Department of English, University of Louisville
>Phone: (502)852-6770 or (502)852-6801. Fax: (502)852-4182.
>    Awhile ago someone was asking for possible propaganda films for a course.
>I'm sorry I can't remember whose post this was, but I just came across the
>following fascinating item in the February/March FACETS catalogue. CARTOONS
>FOR VICTORY: An unusual collection of rare shorts from the U.S. and abroad
>made during the Second World War: 7 WISE DWARVES, CAMOFLAGE, REVOLUTION IN
>TOYLAND, CAP'N CUB, SPIRIT OF '43, ANY BONDS TODAY?, BOOBY TRAPS and SPRINGMAN
>AND THE SS. 50 mins. VHS. $19.95. Facets #S16764. I won't generally clutter
>the list with ads, but this looked too good not to pass on. Sorry I don't have
>poster's name and address. If you need info on Facets, send me a note
>privately.
>Thomas B. Byers
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Thanks to Thomas Byers for the Facets reference.  They're an excellent
source. SPRINGMAN AND THE SS is a film I've been hoping to find somewhere.
It's a Czech anti-Nazi cartoon made by master animator Jiri Trnka before he
turned to puppet animation.
 
Richard J. Leskosky
Unit for Cinema Studies, UIUC
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