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An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Alexander de Seversky
- Self
- (as Major Alexander P. de Seversky)
Art Baker
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Billy Mitchell
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter seeing the movie (at Winston Churchill's urging), Franklin D. Roosevelt finally committed to a full strategic air campaign against Germany.
- GoofsThe film claims the German's used air power to break through the Maginot line to conquer France. In reality, the German forces avoided directly engaging the Line and instead completely circumvented it.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Billy Mitchell: Today, a war is very different than the last European war was. Now air power is the dominant feature of military operations. Air power can fly directly to the vital centers of an opposing state and neutralize them. It can destroy the cities, it can wreck the aqueducts, it can knock out the lines of communication, it can destroy the food supplies, and make the people helpless to resist.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hockey Homicide (1945)
Featured review
A Disney propaganda movie
Disney is most known for their family friendly output, featuring lovable characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. During WWII several of those characters were put in some really unusual situations as Disney were used to output propaganda movies in an attempt to make the public buy more war bonds to finance the war efforts, with Donald Duck in the Oscar-winning Der Führer's Face as the possibly most famous, or even infamous.
Victory Through Air Power is a feature length animated documentary based on the book by Alexander de Seversky, who also features in the movie. It tells the history of aviation, with main focus on the use of airplanes in war situations, and culminates in one man's viewpoint of how the war could have ended. It is the historic parts that really stands out, starting with the Wright brothers and covering the most historic events in early aviation in its recap of aviation history up until WWII started. But the movies message about the importance of an air force in a modern war rings true to this day, and the movie's presentation of how the war could have gone on for many more years than it actually did was also interesting.
There is nothing hasty or cheap looking in this movie, it is a proper, well done feature length animated movie from Disney, and a fascinating ride even today, as long as one has the right mindset for it.
Victory Through Air Power is a feature length animated documentary based on the book by Alexander de Seversky, who also features in the movie. It tells the history of aviation, with main focus on the use of airplanes in war situations, and culminates in one man's viewpoint of how the war could have ended. It is the historic parts that really stands out, starting with the Wright brothers and covering the most historic events in early aviation in its recap of aviation history up until WWII started. But the movies message about the importance of an air force in a modern war rings true to this day, and the movie's presentation of how the war could have gone on for many more years than it actually did was also interesting.
There is nothing hasty or cheap looking in this movie, it is a proper, well done feature length animated movie from Disney, and a fascinating ride even today, as long as one has the right mindset for it.
- cartman_1337
- Aug 13, 2013
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- Budget
- $788,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Victory Through Air Power (1943) officially released in India in English?
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