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The 40s

1974 · 3 min

A brisk, kaleidoscopic rush of wartime images and music that plays like a nostalgic scrapbook flipping past your eyes.

Directed by
John Canemaker
Genres
Animation
Overview
The essence of the 1940s, to the lively beat of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." A rapidly paced collage of the fads, fashions, and personalities of wartime, from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, a time capsule of a special decade.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
John Canemaker
Genres
Animation
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • memory
  • media
  • identity
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
animation
Directed by
John Canemaker
Runtime
3 min

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