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Superman: The Arctic Giant (1942)
Superman: The Arctic Giant (1942) is an 8-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Saturday Morning (CH 7) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
About Superman: The Arctic Giant (1942)
The Fleischer Superman cartoons (1941-43) were the first screen adaptation of the Man of Steel and some of the most lavish animated shorts of their era, with art-deco design and full animation that still influences superhero animation today.
The Arctic Giant is the fourth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. This animated short was created by Fleischer Studios. The story runs nine minutes and covers Superman's adventures in defeating a giant defrosted dinosaur that terrorizes the city. It was released on February 27, 1942. The short depicts a Godzilla-esque scenario while predating the 1954 film by 12 years.
Quick facts
- Year: 1942
- Runtime: 8 minutes
- Type: Cartoon · Animation
- Series: Superman
- Sound: Original soundtrack
From the Wikipedia article on The Arctic Giant (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Airs on
- Saturday Morning - CH 7, Cartoon TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). Fleischer Superman series.
- License on source: creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
- Underlying rights: Fleischer Superman series.
- Source: Internet Archive
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