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Looney Tunes: Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Name: Meet John Doughboy
Genre: Animation
Released: 1941
Duration: 7 min

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Looney Tunes: Meet John Doughboy (1941) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Laugh Track (CH 3) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).

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About Looney Tunes: Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Meet John Doughboy is a 1941 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett. The cartoon was released on June 21, 1941.

Porky Pig the draftee presents a military-themed newsreel. His film company's logo is a parody of RKO Radio Pictures. A factory pumps out tanks simply by pouring molten metal. An aircraft factory literally hums. A Supermarine Spitfire literally spits fire.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Meet John Doughboy (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
Credit: Content note: This cartoon contains ethnic and racial stereotypes and/or wartime propaganda that were wrong then and are wrong now. It is presented as a historical document.
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
Source: Internet Archive

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