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The Weakly Reporter

A newsreel spoof with WWII homefront gags, including rationing, air raid drills and women filling in men's jobs.

This Chuck Jones animated short parodies the newsreels that were the standard fare for movie theater intermissions during The Second World War. Included are gags about the food and supply shortages civilians had to suffer through, as well as the increasing role women were playing in the American war effort.

Info about The Weakly Reporter

Studio(s): Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Originally Released: Mar 24, 1944

Genres:Animation, Comedy, Family, Short