Mid-Century Modern Animation - Volume 1

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity: oil and free enterprise!

U.S. Navy instructional film about proper oral hygiene. After prolonged dental neglect, seaman Humphrey learns the proper technique for brushing and flossing one's teeth.

McGinty is tired of being in the Navy and wants out, a passing seagull shows him a vision of what his life would be like as a civilian, McGinty then wonders if civilian life is all it's cracked up to be.

UPA had just taken over the cartoon production for Columbia and their influence shows vividly on this Fox-and-Crow entry that lets the slapstick be a result of a 'human-nature' story. The Fox and Crow have a band-act in a nightclub, but the Fox walks out on his partner when he gets the position of a symphony-orchestra conductor. The Fox becomes famous while his old partner is on skid row, cold and hungry. One night, the Crow appears backstage at the concert Hall and hands a magician's wand to the Fox as he goes onstage. Using the wand as a baton, everything that can go wrong goes wrong for the snooty maestro, and the audience begins to boo. Crow then makes his stage entry and saves the day with his one-man band routine.

Part-live-action, part-animation short about the importance of industrial research in a capitalist society, with a focus on the development of nylon fiber.

A home-media compilation of animation rarities in the "mid-century modern" style of the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, including industrial films and vintage TV commercials. Presented on DVD and Blu-ray by Thunderbean Animation.