Cap'n Cub

Cap'n Cub

1945 (estimated) Theatrical Ted Eshbaugh Studios

Also known as: Cap'n Cub Scraps The Japs

Studio
Ted Eshbaugh Studios

Synopsis

Jaw-dropping Second World War propaganda has a cute American cub (or is he a mouse?) bombardier battling Japanese Zeroes (or maybe not zeroes, but...). One Japanese pilot is depicted as a gibbering monkey with a Fu Manchu mustache who ineptly tangles himself up in his own parachute while trying to shoot Cap'n Cub out of the sky, among other surreal battle slapstick! Pilot Cap'n Cub flies in for a troop parade inspection, where we see turtle tanks, skunks as gas weapons, invisible paint used as camouflage, etc. After the review, Cap'n Cub says, "That's great, but we need more planes," and the airplane factory increases its output. From drawing board to finished product, we see the geared machines that stamp out and assemble fighter jet parts, from wartime salvage drive materials. Finished aircraft come dancing off the assembly line, to a Latin beat, replete with various animal species as pilots. Cap'n Cub then leads a squadron aloft to patrol the skies amid the clouds and storms. Soon, he spots a squadron of oncoming bombers, with Japanese Zero-type insignia, heading their way. He exclaims "There come the Japs," and the air battle begins...

Characters

Cap'n Cub, Japanese Pilot

Credits

Directing

Director
Ted Eshbaugh, Charles Hastings

Producing

Producer
Ted Eshbaugh

Art Department

Backgrounds
Henri O. Courtais

Visual Effects

Special Effects
Harry Hamsel

Crew

Supervisor
Charles B. Hastings