Short Cartoon Mr. Hook in Tokyo Woes (1945) by Warner Bros

A WW2 propaganda cartoon entitled Mr. Hook in Tokyo Woes produced by Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. was released by the United States Navy Department in late war, early postwar times to make the personnel to buy War Bonds. Message: For a happy future see your WAR BOND OFFICER Today Together with a ridiculous Japanese fellow called Sad Sack who is talking like Porky Pig representing a wannabe US prisoner of war emphasizing on the great advantages of living in Japan, Tokyo Rose begins broadcasting antiAmerican propaganda. Her question What good will bonds do refers to socalled Defense Bonds and since the Pearl Harbor attack in Dec. 1941, they were renamed to US War Bonds. Those IOUs were intended to finance the US war machine and promoted in huge campaigns including by celebs like Bette Davies and many others. Seaman Mr. Hook looking like Porky Pig is representing Uncle Sam s navy ( Whose intentions are really quite clean. They are se