A FEW QUICK FACTS — INFLATION

Format: 16mm

Description: This short cartoon, titled "Inflation", is part of the "A Few Quick Facts" series of cartoons made for the U.S. Army by Warner Brothers during WWII. This toon briefly features the Private SNAFU character, who appeared in his own series. Both series were directed by Chuck Jones and other prominent Hollywood animators, with the voice of Private Snafu was performed by Mel Blanc. This particular cartoon, like others in "A Few Quick Facts" series, presents serious information for G.I.s in a way that is easy to digest. Here the message is that a G.I.'s salary goes a long way overseas, and might even destabilize the local economies. Better to invest your paycheck or put it in a bank, then spend it overseas and cause crippling inflation for locals.

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[Music] [Applause] [Music] when this guy was stationed in the United States his pay didn't look like very much but over here it looks a lot bigger especially to the people who live here and buy in this little store then you come [Music] along you make a purchase your friends get the same idea the stockpile gets smaller the price gets [Music] bigger about all there's left for the town's people is the great big [Music] price multiply this scene a few thousand times and and you get an idea of what [Music] happened money money without buying power money shut to hell if you throw less of that money around and sold some of that money away it will not only help the people who live here but it'll help you later [Music] on

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