Query: Short films from the 1940's that are sci-fi
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Goggle Fishing Bear
The House of Tomorrow (1949 film)
The Arctic Giant
The Impatient Patient
Robot Wrecks
Superman (1941 film)
Hair-Raising Hare
Hot Cross Bunny
The Old Grey Hare
Super-Rabbit
The Mummy Strikes
The Vanishing Private
The Magnetic Telescope
Evidence from documents: Goggle Fishing Bear: a 1949 MGM cartoon, featuring Barney Bear who attempts to go goggle fishing, with the aid of a sea lion. It is the 16th Barney Bear cartoon and the last Barney Bear cartoon to be supervised by Michael Lah and Preston Blair.
The cartoon starts with Barney driving a motor boat at sea, where he attempts to fish.
The House of Tomorrow (1949 film): . It was part of a series of cartoons Avery did satirizing technology of the future which included: ''The Car of Tomorrow'', ''The Farm of Tomorrow'', and ''The T.V. of Tomorrow''.
The Arctic Giant: '''''The Arctic Giant''''' (1942) is the fourth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman
The Impatient Patient: '''''The Impatient Patient''''' is a 1942 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon
Robot Wrecks: Short films from the 1940's: '''''Robot Wrecks''''' is a 1941 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film
that are sci-fi: Slicker sells the Our Gang kids some "invisible rays," with which they hope to power their homemade mechanical robot. Miracle of miracles, the robot not only begins to move, but actually performs several of the gang's household chores. In truth, the robot is being manipulated by Slicker's cohort Boxcar, but the kids do not learn this until their rampaging mechanical man nearly lays waste to the entire neighborhood.
Superman (1941 film): '''''Superman''''' (1941) is the first installment in a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman.
Hair-Raising Hare: from the 1940's: ''Hair-Raising Hare''''' is a Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, released on May 25, 1946
Short films: This is the first short to use the 1946-47 rings, evident from blue rings, one red ring, and red background.
Hot Cross Bunny: Short films from the 1940's: a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical animated short.
hat are sci-fi: Bugs lives a pampered life, oblivious to the fact that a scientist plans on switching his brain (or at least his personality, since no surgery is involved) with that of a chicken.
The Old Grey Hare: '''''The Old Grey Hare''''' is a 1944 ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on October 28, 1944, and features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
The title is a double play on words. One is the typical pun between "hare" and "hair", with the bunny (who was already grey-haired) rendered "old and grey" for this cartoon. The title also refers to the old song, "The Old Gray Mare". Some of the lobby cards for this cartoon gave the alternate spelling, ''The Old '''Gray''' Hare''.
The cartoon starts with Elmer Fudd sitting under a tree, crying over his failure to catch Bugs. The "voice of God" tells Elmer to keep trying to catch him. Elmer wonders how long it will take and is shown exactly ''how'' long by being transported "far into the future" past the years 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, until reaching the then-distant year of A.D. 2000, after the sound of the gong.
Super-Rabbit: Armed with temporary superhero abilities that need to be replenished with additional super carrots, Bugs remembers a newspaper article about Texas hunter "Cottontail" Smith, who wants to exterminate all rabbits.
The Mummy Strikes: '''''The Mummy Strikes''''' (1943) is the fourteenth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman. Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on February 19, 1943.
The Vanishing Private: from the 1940's: '''''The Vanishing Private''''' is a 1942 animated cartoon
Short films: The short was released on May 18, 2004, on ''Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines'' and on December 6, 2005, on ''Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946''.
The Magnetic Telescope: '''''The Magnetic Telescope''''' (1942) is the sixth of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman