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Private Snafu: Gas
Cartoon
Snafu realizes the importance of keeping his gas mask within reach when he is ambushed by a sentient gas cloud.
Movie Info
Directed by: Chuck Jones
Writing: Dr. Seuss
Cast: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Produced by: Leon Schlesinger, Dr. Seuss
Distributor: U.S. Army Signal Corps
Music: Carl W. Stalling
Editing: Treg Brown
Art: Florence Hammontre, George Winkler
Sound: Treg Brown
Camera: Ray Bloss
Animation: Robert Cannon, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe
Duration: 4 minutes
Language: English
Country: United States
Release date: May 1944
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