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Hell Bent for Election
UNITED STATES · 1944

Hell Bent for Election

Chuck Jones
political propaganda presidential election World War II era politics anthropomorphic allegory partisan campaign
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Synopsis

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."

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