Jan 07, 1943
6 min
Full-HD

The Spirit of '43 (1943)

Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.

Category

Animation War

Country

United States of America

Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Fred Shields

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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