Public Domain Movies - Cartoons

Now You're Talking

Animation, telephone, instructional

An instructional film for the telephone using a combination of animation and live action. Produced by Max and Dave Fleischer. Copied at 24fps from a 35mm print preserved by the Library of Congress, drawing from material from the AFI/Donald Nicol and AFI/Ahti Pataja Collections.

Santa's Surprise

animation, short, comedy

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

cartoon, popeye, Popeye the Sailor, Fleischer Studios

Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess. For more details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031025/ In the Public Domain according to The Public-Domain Movie Database: http://www.pdmdb.org/content.asp?CatId=241&ContentType=&page_no=3&sortby=

Tom and Jerry: Barnyard Bunk

Tom and Jerry, Van Beuren Studios, The Great Depression

"The Great Depression has hit a rundown farm owned by a Farmer Alfalfalike farmer. As the old man sleeps on his porch, objects around him begin to break down. /.../ Just then saxophone salesmen Tom and Jerry happen by the farm. The farmer is indifferent to their music ("Aw, nuts!"), so the duo decide to show him how useful saxophones can be. Their jazzy tunes soon have the farmer's chickens laying eggs, his cow churning out milk, and his woodpeckers chopping wood to the beat.

The Spirit of '43

Donald Duck, Walt Disney, short, animation, Propaganda, World War 2

Fell in the public domain because it was made for the American government and all films made for or by the government of the U.S.A. are in the public domain. From IMDB: Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.

Popeye: Bride and Gloom

Classic cartoon, 1950s, popeye

Popeye and Olive are finally planning to get married. The plans change, though, after Olive has a dream where she sees their future kids and all the mischief they get into. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

Baby Huey: Quack-A-Doodle-Doo

Famous Studios, Noveltoon, Baby Huey

The first Baby Huey cartoon - see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Huey From The Public Domain Movie Database: Baby Huey is disliked by all the other ducklings because of his large size and super strength. His strength has caused problems in the past, but ends up saving the day when a fox comes around looking for something to eat.

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