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Private Snafu

Season 1 1943 - 1946

  • 1943-06-01T00:00:00Z
  • 5m
  • 2h 5m (25 episodes)
  • Animation, Comedy, Special Interest
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white instructional cartoon shorts produced by the American armed forces between 1943 and 1945 (during World War II). Ironic and humorous in tone, the films were designed to improve troop morale and to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects. The series was directed by Chuck Jones and other prominent Hollywood animators, and the voice of Private Snafu was performed by Mel Blanc.

29 episodes

Series Premiere

1943-06-01T00:00:00Z

1x01 Coming!! Snafu

Series Premiere

1x01 Coming!! Snafu

  • 1943-06-01T00:00:00Z5m

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces.

1943-07-01T00:00:00Z

1x02 Gripes

1x02 Gripes

  • 1943-07-01T00:00:00Z5m

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

1943-08-01T00:00:00Z

1x03 Spies

1x03 Spies

  • 1943-08-01T00:00:00Z5m

1943-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Goldbrick

1x04 The Goldbrick

  • 1943-09-01T00:00:00Z5m

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

1943-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x05 The Infantry Blues

1x05 The Infantry Blues

  • 1943-09-01T00:00:00Z5m

Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.

1943-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x06 Fighting Tools

1x06 Fighting Tools

  • 1943-10-01T00:00:00Z5m

Pvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.

1943-11-01T00:00:00Z

1x07 The Home Front

1x07 The Home Front

  • 1943-11-01T00:00:00Z5m

1943-12-01T00:00:00Z

1x08 Rumors

1x08 Rumors

  • 1943-12-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

1944-01-01T00:00:00Z

1x09 Booby Traps

1x09 Booby Traps

  • 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z5m

Pvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the traps are alluring and that he is every bit the booby.

1944-03-01T00:00:00Z

1x10 Snafuperman

1x10 Snafuperman

  • 1944-03-01T00:00:00Z5m

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.

1944-04-01T00:00:00Z

1x12 A Lecture on Camouflage

1x12 A Lecture on Camouflage

  • 1944-04-01T00:00:00Z5m

Using Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.

1944-05-01T00:00:00Z

1x13 Gas

1x13 Gas

  • 1944-05-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.

1x14 Going Home

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Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.

1944-06-01T00:00:00Z

1x15 The Chow Hound

1x15 The Chow Hound

  • 1944-06-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.

1944-07-01T00:00:00Z

1x16 Censored

1x16 Censored

  • 1944-07-01T00:00:00Z5m

When Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.

1944-08-01T00:00:00Z

1x17 Outpost

1x17 Outpost

  • 1944-08-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers and reports evidence of the enemy's presence at his assigned area.

1944-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x18 Pay Day

1x18 Pay Day

  • 1944-09-01T00:00:00Z5m

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

1944-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x19 Target Snafu

1x19 Target Snafu

  • 1944-10-01T00:00:00Z5m

A armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu who fails to protect himself adequately against their onslaught.

1944-12-01T00:00:00Z

1x20 Three Brothers

1x20 Three Brothers

  • 1944-12-01T00:00:00Z5m

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities

A humorous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

1945-02-01T00:00:00Z

1x22 It's Murder She Says...

1x22 It's Murder She Says...

  • 1945-02-01T00:00:00Z5m

A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.

1945-07-01T00:00:00Z

1x23 Hot Spot

1x23 Hot Spot

  • 1945-07-01T00:00:00Z5m

As the Devil watches Pvt. Snafu and his unit stationed in Iran, he talks about the hazards of working in the heat.

1945-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x24 No Buddy Atoll

1x24 No Buddy Atoll

  • 1945-10-01T00:00:00Z5m

Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.

1945-07-01T00:00:00Z

1x25 Operation Snafu

1x25 Operation Snafu

  • 1945-07-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu steals some top secret Japanese documents and has to disguise himself as a geisha girl to elude the General chasing him.

Master given to the Army and subsequently lost

1946-01-01T00:00:00Z

1x27 Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

1x27 Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

  • 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z5m

Snafu introduces his Navy-bound brother, Tarfu; animators poke fun at U.S. Navy operations and traditions.

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