Cartoons released in 1940
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Landing Of The Pilgrims
The story of the Pilgrims, with a hilarious and somewhat racist depiction of the Indians.
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Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip
Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona on the train. Dogs aren't allowed on the train, so the conductor, Pete, won't let him on with Pluto. Pluto hides in Mickey's suitcas…
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The Sour Puss
A canary commits suicide, and Porky's goofy pet cat "Sour Puss" kisses a mouse. Porky and Sour Puss go fishing. Although the cat has been dreaming of a fish dinner, they find only uncatchab…
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Mad Hatter
This is a look at the silly workday of Mazie, a traditional working girl, who goes through an arduous task of selecting a hat.
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Wacky Wildlife
A truly twisted nature short showing nature out of kilter, with spot gags involving animals in the wild. The narrator explains, "We have a rare meeting between a bobcat and a tomcat." As th…
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Fantasia
Fantasia is nothing less than a symphony concert, illustrated by Disney animation, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. The eight sequences are: "Toccata and Fugue…
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The Constable
Pigs are disappearing from the mayor's backyard. It turns out that a bully is forcing Snitch the spy into doing the dirty work. Gabby, a cop on the beat, goes undercover disguised as a pig…
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The Magic Pencil
Gandy Goose sends away for a radio giveway item, a magic Pencil. When the Magic Pencil arrives, Gandy's magic drawings cause all kinds of problems for Sourpuss The Cat and for himself.
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With Poopdeck Pappy
Popeye is constantly trying to get Poopdeck Pappy to get to bed and sleep, while Pappy keeps escaping from home, trying to get to a nightclub and have some fun. Popeye keeps complaining to…
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Goofy's Glider
Goofy learns to fly with his own homemade glider, but he has to try any number of ways to gain enough speed to get it off the ground, making the usual "Goofy" mistakes along the way. He fin…
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Bedtime For Sniffles
In his little sardine can house, Sniffles tries to stay awake and wait up to see Santa on Christmas Eve. Sniffles is sweeping up and singing "Jingle Bells" while he waits for Santa. In just…
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The Lonesome Stranger
A spoof of the Lone Ranger. Three Mexican banditos shoot up a town and rob the stage. The Lonesome Stranger and his horse "Sa-liiiiiver" must stop them. However, this hero is less than hero…
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Knock Knock
Andy Panda and his dad are busy in the study reading their respective favorite magazines. They hear a knock-knock, and father opens the door. Nobody's there. After this is repeated a number…
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Plane Goofy
Farmer Al Falfa pilots an old airplane on a hectic flight.
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Porky's Hired Hand
Through the Cornstalk Employment Agency, Farmer Porky hires slow-witted assistant Gregory Grunt to help him prevent the marauding Fox from getting any more of his chickens at Porky's Chicke…
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Wise Owl
An owl seeking to add some meat to his dinner adopts several disguises to get into a party being held by some musical bats. They are not fooled for long and the owl ends up in his own cauld…
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Of Fox And Hounds
A very dim-witted hound tries to catch a sly fox.
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Fire Chief
Donald and his nephews run a fire station. Huey, Dewey and Louie, annoyed by Donald's snoring, start fires that Donald races to put out. To get even, Donald unwittingly lights the fire stat…
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Paunch 'n' Judy
A father tries to take picture of his easily distracted daughter, which is made more difficult by an angry group of dogs.
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Popeye Presents Eugene, The Jeep
Popeye gets a package with what appears to be a puppy in it, but it turns out to be a magical creature.
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The Snow Man
An Eskimo gives his pet seal a hot water bottle, then sets an alarm clock for July. When the clock goes off with a steam whistle blast, the awakened Eskimo goes out in the still-cold weathe…
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Bring Himself Back Alive
A sadistic big game hunter, Hyde Skinner (a self-described Fur Trapper And All Around Dirty Guy), uses a poor little turtle as a pack mule. He does his best to kill any animal he can for th…
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Mrs. Ladybug
A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.
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Shop, Look And Listen
Little Blabbermouse goes on a tour of J.T. Gimlet's Department Store, during which he continuously heckles an unhappy tour guide, a W.C. Fieldsian mouse. The store is having a sale... every…
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The Timid Toreador
Porky Pig is a street vendor in Old Mexico, selling really hot tamales. In the village bullfight stadium, "Slapsy Maxie Rosenbull" is making short work of the local matadors. Porky absent-m…
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Pantry Pirate
Pluto is banished to his doghouse after trying to raid the pantry. But the smell of roast ham is more than he can resist.
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The Temperamental Lion
Featuring Lion
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Syncopated Sioux
Wild, musical Indians in a cartoon with minimal dialogue, but lots of swing jive music and hilarious war dances. The Indians whistle at a "hot squaw number" and salute "The Chief," which ro…
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A Busy Day
Gran' Pop Monkey and his three grandsons wake up and do their daily routine, including accompanying Gran' Pop to his office, where the young ones get into mischief.
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A Case Of Spring Fever
Gilbert Willoughby is punished for voicing Luddite ideas (complaining about pesky springs) by "Coily," an obnoxious, animated spring who subjects him to the hassles of a springless world.
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Ahiru Rikusentai
Featuring Ducks
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Baby Checkers
Gran'pa Monkey and his two grandsons open a babysitting service, where they look after a variety of jungle fauna offspring- including a mischievous baby elephant who drinks up all the milk…
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Beauty Shoppe
Gran' Pop Monkey and The Three Monkeys decide to open a jungle beauty parlor, but a tough-guy gorilla comes in with his fat hippopotamus girlfriend and demands that they make her lose a lot…
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Composition #1: Themis
A simple attempt to add the element of time and motion to abstract composition.
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Dots
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren, drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The main title is in eight languages.
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I My Na Olimpiadu
Featuring Vasya Promokashkin, Seagull
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Ivas'
Featuring Ivas, Polish Seignieurs, Red Army
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Kintaro Taiiku Nikki
Featuring Kintaro, Bear, Animals
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Kitten On The Quay
Featuring Kitten, Seagull
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Loops
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The titles are in eight languages.
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Love Thy Neighbor
This comedic farce centers around the long-running radio "feud" between Fred Allen and Jack Benny. The tale begins when Allen, on his way to greet his niece (Mary), who is returning from a…
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Lyubimye Geroi
Featuring Batka Bozhenko, Actors
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Medvezhonok
Featuring Bear Cub, Mother Bear, Friends
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Men In Uniform
Mickey would have played a milkman who finds his foil in a small kitten.
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Run Adolf Run
An animated Adolf Hitler in a topical parody of the popular song "Run Rabbit Run."
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Skazka o Glupom Myshonke
Screen version of S. Marshak's children's poem about "a silly little mouse" who just does not want to go to sleep to Mom's lullabies and requires new nannies all the time. Until one nanny c…
