Hell-Bent for Election (1944)

07/01/1944 (US) • Animation, Comedy • 13m

Overview

A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."

Hell-Bent for Election (1944)

07/01/1944 (US) • 13m

Animation, Comedy

Overview

A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."

Top Billed Cast

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

politics

labor union

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