Stop That Tank — Disney WWII

by Walt Disney; Ub Iwerks; Dick Rickard

Publication date 1942-03
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics Walt Disney, WWII, propaganda, Walt Disney, World War II, edutainment, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions, Disney, Ub Iwerks, Stop That Tank!, PSA, Canada, documentary, short documentary, doc, short film, cartoon, 2D animation, hand drawn animation, cinema, short, cinema
Publisher Walt Disney Productions, National Film Board of Canada
Language English
Rights
Works created for the Canadian government are protected by Crown copyright. Crown copyright lasts 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, under Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act. This work entered the public domain in 1993.

Stop That Tank! (aka Boys Anti-Tank Rifle) is a 1942 instructional film created by Walt Disney Productions during World War II for the Directorate of Military Training, The Department of National Defence and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Its purpose was to instruct Canadian soldiers in the handling and care of the Boys Mk.1 Anti-tank rifle for use in combat against Nazi tanks. The film presented information in an entertaining manner as well as providing an anti-Nazi propaganda message.
Directed by Ub Iwerks and Dick Rickard
Produced by Walt Disney

Starring
Billy Bletcher as The Devil (voice)
Walt Disney as The Cow (voice)
Pinto Colvig as Vocal Effects (voice)

Narrated by
Peter Carter Page

Music by
Frank Churchill (reused music from Three Little Wolves and The Practical Pig)
Paul J. Smith (reused music from The Practical Pig)

Animation by
Peter Carter Page