The New Spirit poster

The New Spirit( 1942)

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Overview

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Clarence Nash

      Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)

    2. cast image

      Fred Shields

      Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

    3. cast image

      Cliff Edwards

      (voice) (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 19 2025
    I know that money isn’t what it was, but even in 1942 I’d have thought poor old “Donald” would be on more than $2,501 in an whole year! What does that matter? Well the slightly offbeat message for this wartime cartoon is “taxes against the axis”. Yep, it’s a rallying call for citizens of the USA to pay their income tax! With some rousing Yankee Doodle style cheerleading to start and some more traditional animations of the militarisation those dollars pay for at the end, this is a less frantic outing for the duck (who still sounds like Katharine Hepburn) and he does his bit to keep the payrolls ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • propaganda
    • wartime
    • taxes
    • educational
    • short film
    • psa