This book is great. Years ago, another book on this topic was published; "DISNEY DOND DOG TAGS". This book is not a reprint. One should consider the earlier work as an introductory volume for this, a much more detailed work on the efforts and contributions of Walt Disney and his studio staff to help the war effort. Many people have often made in complimentary comments about Mr. Disney and the vast profits he made from creating fantasy play land parks and producing movies to brainwash children and adults alike. Mr. Disney has also been derided as an anti-Semitic individual. Perhaps he was...all or some of these things, but above all he was an American, ant the efforts he put into the tasks of wartime training films as well as entertainment pieces of a pro-Allied nature are the well covered topic here. Despite being an astute judge of what the people wanted to see, he was a businessman...but for all his WWII activities, he barely broke even in recouping his costs, yet his studio was soon able to rise to fill the entertainment demands the baby boomers...much of his marketing sense was sharpened by his dealings with the agencies that utilized his studios and talented employees! This story is told in an excellent read that is well illustrated, as would be expected. The illustrations give me a gripe with this publication, and that in the use of a henna color ink for illustration captions....hard to read at times.
If you're a WWII type, or a Disney junkie, this book is for you. Quality of printing process is top notch. Amazon delivery was perfect, as usual.
You'll like this book. There's a lot of insider stuff too. Interesting stuff. Disney was the pioneer in the format of educational films we saw in school in the fifties...long before the age of video tape! Some funny stuff surprises you....an Admiral criticized a Disney military instructional film that featured Donald Duck....he felt Clark Gable would have gotten more audience attention....in all honesty, Walt Disney responded that he considered Donald Duck the equivalent of Clark Gable!
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