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Censored
UNITED STATES · 1944

Censored

Frank Tashlin
military censorship wartime communication cartoon propaganda comedic obstruction romance and correspondence
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Synopsis

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class,

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