The New Spirit

Name: The New Spirit
Genre: Animation
Released: 1942-01-22
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Clarence Nash, Fred Shields, Cliff Edwards

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1942

Release Year

7 min

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Animation

Overview

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

Keywords

propaganda

wartime

taxes

educational

short film

psa

Cast

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Fred Shields

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Cliff Edwards

(voice) (uncredited)

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@Geronimo1967

July 19, 2025

6/10

I know that money isn’t what it was, but even in 1942 I’d have thought poor old “Donald” would be on more than $2,501 in an whole year! What does that matter? Well the slightly offbeat message for this wartime cartoon is “taxes against the axis”. Yep, it’s a rallying call for citizens of the USA to …

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