The Spirit of '43 (1943)

Name: The Spirit of '43
Genre: Documentary, Animation, War & Politics
Released: 1943-01-07

Running Time

January 7, 1943
Release Date

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Plot.

Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.

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Cast & Crew.

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Fred Shields

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Walt Disney

Producer

Jack King

Director

Ward Kimball

Animation

Joe Grant

Writer

Carl Barks

Story

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 7, 1943

Status
Released

Running Time
6m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Documentary Animation War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-05-04

This Movie Is About.

world war ii

propaganda

taxes

short

Wiki.

The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943. The film stars Donald Duck and features writer/designer Carl Barks' prototype for the character Scrooge McDuck. It is a sequel to The New Spirit. The purpose of the film is to encourage patriotic Americans to file and pay their income taxes faithfully in order to help the war effort. The repeated theme in the film is "taxes to defeat the Axis".

The film is in the public domain and therefore can be seen on many gray market videos as well as official Disney releases.