The Vanishing Private

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Vanishing Private
Distributed by	RKO
Release date(s)	September 25, 1942
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Vanishing Private is a 1942 animated cartoon by the Walt Disney Studios, starring Donald Duck in the World War II years.

[edit] Synopsis

This clip begins with Donald Duck, who volunteered to do some camouflage painting, painting a cannon. Unfortunately for him, he painted the cannon with yellow, green, and red stripes with black polka-dots, so Black Pete, the sergeant, spots it and forces Donald to re-paint it. Donald storms off to the "Experimental Laboratory: Camouflage Corps" with the smaller sign, "Keep out!" Donald disregards the sign and walks in. He found some invisible paint, which he used to paint the cannon. Soon, the cannon became invisible, as the sergeant found out the hard way. He bonked his head in the underside of the cannon, and discovered Donald inside. He blew hard into one end of the barrel, sending Donald into the bucket of invisible paint. Donald makes use of his new-found invisibility by playing, stealing pies, and humiliating the Sergeant. The Sergeant's antics convince the General that he is crazy, especially after he stole several grenades from the arsenal and started blowing things up. At the end, the Sergeant is locked up in a cell, wearing a straitjacket. He pleads to Donald (who is on guard duty): "I'm not crazy! Go tell the General that I ain't crazy!" To this, Donald replies, "Do you think I'm crazy?"