Here's more information about Coal Black in the context of the WWII era in which it was made. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035743/
In 1968, UA made Coal Black one of the Censored 11, a group of cartoon shorts banned from TV broadcast on account of racism. It's very likely that the Censored 11 will never be broadcast again.
General info about the Censored 11 can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censored_11
Dubi — September 3, 2008
Liked the "Japs for free" on the "Murder Inc." truck.
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eallen — September 3, 2008
Here's more information about Coal Black in the context of the WWII era in which it was made. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035743/
In 1968, UA made Coal Black one of the Censored 11, a group of cartoon shorts banned from TV broadcast on account of racism. It's very likely that the Censored 11 will never be broadcast again.
General info about the Censored 11 can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censored_11
Dubi — September 3, 2008
Liked the "Japs for free" on the "Murder Inc." truck.
“Plane Dumb”: Another Vintage Cartoon With Blackface » Sociological Images — November 29, 2009
[...] more vintage racist cartoons, see these clips from Fantasia, these Bugs Bunny stills, this racist reinterpretation of Snow White, and this Bugs Bunny cartoon that caricatures the [...]