A series of gags from Fort Nix, a military training camp. Director: Isadore Freleng Producer: Leon Schlesinger Translate this cartoon: universalsubtitles.org/en/vide... Playlist for Merrie Melodies Cartoons: ru-vid.com_play_list...
This cartoon was made to tell the American people that their soldiers Are not war ready and should not join WWII in Europe but the sad part is that in a couple of months Pearl Harbour happened and they end up in the war anyway.
Majority of Americans were not for joining the war, seeing it as just more European nonsense. This plus a long isolationist policy had lead to vastly archaic armed forces. We didn't even have a decent armoured doctrine until the rush to modernise and build entire new armies.
Very often nobody is ready for war. Finland certainly was not. We had even young girls doing their part, some of them kept a watch of planes (paired with adult women), some sewing special mittens for the troops. Preschool-aged girls would watch their younger ones, as adult women had their hands full.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 Nope this was made to convince Americans that their army was not ready and shouldn’t enter WW2 and lots of the real people they depicted such as chuck jones were in fact….offended
It was made during a time where joining WWII was not at all popular, to make it clear that it wasn’t a good idea to join the war. Then Pearl Harbor happened less than a year later.
Holy crap. That bugle player near the beginning was such a let-on. As a trumpet player, the way he exhales perfectly resembles how one would blow into a trumpet mouthpiece while playing. Makes it seem like he's a pro at it if he is doing it in his sleep. So assumptions start flowing once he wakes up. Is he going to blow down the tent? Knock down every other tent nearby? Is the cuckoo bird gonna just stuff its horn in his still sleeping face? But no, in true Looney Toon fashion they completely upend expectations and hit you with a curve ball from left field. Absolutely love this stuff.
@@bowq9628 I watched this as a kid in the mid 1970's not back in the mid 1940's. This cartoon was OLD as HELL even back then. I was not alive back then so it was a rerun on TV, This should answer your question.
........ "Parachute" being just a banner that says "Parachute".... Oooof. Yup. As the Grandson of a bomber technician, I was told one too many stories about men falling from high places, with a failed chute. And at the family BBQ no less.
In the mess hall the Infantry from left to right is Tex Avery, Henry Binder who was Leon Schlessinger's secretary and I believe the other one is Bob Clampett. As for the the bombers the one with black hair is Bob McKimson and the one with blonde hair is Chuck Jones, I'm not quite sure who the one with red hair is.
Canadian here - what's the significance of the hash? I'm assuming it's corned beef? Is there some context I'm missing? According to Google Hash could mean using up leftovers, or dealing revenge. So are these vets being sent on a suicide mission, or is it a punishment detail?
@@SiegeTFIt's a double play on the word. Hash has a lot of meaning depending on where you're from. I this case it's referencing 'hash', the drug, consumed by the original assassin's before a suicide mission. Then there's hash, in the original French it referred to chopped up leftover served as a second meal. In the army it either refers to a particular ration like corned beef as you imagined but it's a common name for iron rations and a number of soldier's dishes. Sadly for the Suicide squad this seems to be the second type of hash. Plus they're going to die.
you know, seeing the "army" using cars to train tankers didn't do justice to the reality. These people would have been training in falling apart French Renault-FT's (M1917 american made but still falling apart) which served from the end of ww1, to the 1930's.
Prior to Pearl Harbor troops actually WERE training with trucks with TANK signs and 2x4’s for machine guns. The U.S. wasn’t at war but Britain was and lend lease was in full effect.
Nah. I get it. Like, there is so much silliness in the military that if you were in the military and saw this, it would truly crack you up. While there is clearly exaggeration here, there are things that are true - bad chow, that one dumb serviceman, infantry going on long marches (humps), the differences between job roles, bad leadership…this video was made pre-ww1 and I still get it despite having decided from 02’ - 2010. And anyone serving today would get it as well. Somethings just don’t change.
The first bugle player must have been an E-4. That some mafia stuff right there. The training with fake weapons is funny cause it’s still happens today. Rubber ducks anyone? Oh and we in the army can still not get the counting right.
As a vet it's good to know things haven't changed much no matter what era we're from. Seeing the Infantry boys all I can think is "Yeah that's infantry"
The US Army got a very nasty lesson from Rommel at Kasserine Pass that they were woefully unready to fight a battle hardened Wehrmacht. A lot of changes were made afterwards.
2:30 "YALL BE SORRYYYYYYY~" 2:49 FOOD TIME B*TCHES 3:01 this is when someone doesnt look and after 3:17 ready EAT 3:26 INCOOOMING!!! 3:32 huh another day being on the suicide squad
A couple months met a man in Sun City, AZ who is almost a 100 years old and was one of the last cavalry trained soldiers of WW2. Sad that generation is passing away. 🫡
