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Last updated: 2008 May 13.

1943 January 1 The Donald Duck film Der Fuehrer's Face is released to theaters. The original title was Donald Duck in Nutziland. [16] [22] [23] [113.212] [228.123] January 4 Disney delivers the film The Grain that Built a Hemisphere to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [228.215] (1941 [13]) (1942 [13]) January 7 Disney delivers the film The Spirit of '43 to the US Treasury Department. The film includes Donald Duck. [23] [501.517] January 15 The special cartoon film Education For Death is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.156] Disney delivers the film The Winged Scourge to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. It stars the seven dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (The film is the last appearance of the dwarfs in Disney films (at least up to 1994).) [23] [177.70] [501.615] January 29 The Donald Duck film Donald's Tire Trouble is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.148] February 6 RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Saludos Amigos to theaters in the U.S. It cost US$300,000 to make. It includes the animated short films: Lake Titicaca (with Donald Duck), Pedro, El Gaucho Goofy (with Goofy), and Aquarela do Brasil (with Donald Duck). (Worldwide gross theater receipts: US$1.2 million.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [24] [25] [48.186] [97.181] [190.26] [191] [250.98] [370.57] [501.483] (February 19 [79.57] [113.212]) February 8 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Bambi for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. [39.404] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Love is a Song" from the film Bambi for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Best Song. [39.404] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Der Fuehrer's Face for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.404] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Grain that Built a Hemisphere for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Documentary. [39.404] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The New Spirit for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Documentary. [39.404] February 19 The Pluto film Pluto and the Armadillo is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.392] March 4 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Der Fuehrer's Face. [13] [16] [23] [38.128] [39.404] March 12 The Donald Duck film Flying Jalopy is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.189] April 2 The Pluto film Private Pluto is released to theaters. Chip and Dale make their first appearance, though unnamed. [16] [23] [97.99] [228.401] April 23 The Donald Duck film Fall Out - Fall In is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.171] May 1 Disney delivers the film Water, Friend or Enemy to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [501.600] (month unknown) Work begins on the animated short film The Good Samaritan, starring Pluto. [176.42] June 11 Work on the film The Good Samaritan is canceled. [176.42] June Frank Reilly is hired to take over as head of the comic strip department. [82.24] (month unknown) The Tall Comic Book Mickey's Dog Pluto All Picture Comics is published. [259.31] Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #19, "Thumper". [113.152] Disney publishes the first and only issue of Dispatch from Disney, for employees in the armed services. [113.328] [235.87] Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #30, "Bambi's Children". [113.152] Disney produces the film Aeronca Project [Basic Maintenance of Primary Training Airplanes] for the US Army and Aeronca. [23] Disney produces the film Air Masses and Fronts for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Air Transport Command for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Aircraft Carrier Landing Qualifications for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Aircraft Welding for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film The Aleutian Islands [A.D.C. Project] for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Battle of China in part for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Battle of Russia in part for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Beechcraft Maintenance and Repair for Beech Aircraft Corporation and the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film British Torpedo Plane Tactics for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Carrier Rendezvous and Breakup for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film The Cold Front for the US Navy. [23] Disney buys the rights to an unpublished short story by Ward Greene about a mutt and a cocker spaniel. (The story later becomes the basis of the film Lady and the Tramp.) [229.103] Disney produces the film Divide and Conquer in part for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Fixed Gunnery and Fighter Tactics for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Fog for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Glider Training for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Heat Treating for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film High Level Precision Bombing for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Know Your Enemy - Japan in part for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Lofting and Layouts for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film The Mark 13 - Modification I Aerial Torpedo for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Minneapolis Honeywell Project [Auto Pilot] for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film The Occluded Front for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Rules of the Nautical Road for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Substitution and Conversion for the US Army. [23] Disney produces the film Template Reproduction for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film Thunderstorms for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film V.T.B. Pilot Training for the US Navy. [23] Disney produces the film The Warm Front for the US Navy. [23] Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #29, "Donald Duck - Mummy's Ring". [113.330] Bill Walsh joins the Disney studio as a writer for the Mickey Mouse comic strip. [501.592] Roy Disney renews the distribution agreement with RKO. [1102.518] July 17 United Artists releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Victory Through Air Power to theaters. It cost US$788,000 to make. The film is based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky. (Gross theater receipts: US$799,000.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [48.185] [97.185] [113.212] [370.60] [501.586] [1102.404] (August 13 [79.60]) July 30 The Goofy film Victory Vehicles is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [501.586] August 11 Disney produces the film Defense Against Invasion for the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [228.121] August 27 The animated short film Reason and Emotion is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.410] September Disney publishes the first issue of Mickey Mouse on the Home Front, mainly for use by aircraft companies during World War II. [113.328] September 16 Samuel Goldwyn and Walt Disney announce that the Disney studio would produce an animated sequence for Goldwyn's film Up in Arms. [176.76] October 15 The first Figaro film Figaro and Cleo is released to theaters. [16] [23] [235.92] [228.184] November 5 The Donald Duck film The Old Army Game is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.366] November 26 The Donald Duck film Home Defense is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.238] December 17 RKO Radio Pictures releases the animated film Chicken Little to theaters. [16] [23] [228.88] [395.63]