In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment

Private Snafu in The Aleutians—Isles of Enchantment (Oh Brother!) is a 1945 Private Snafu short directed by Chuck Jones. 
== Plot ==
After a brief overview of the Aleutian Islands chain, a diminutive caricature of a Japanese serviceman hops from island to island until he reaches a doorway, as the narrator explains that during the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Japanese saw the Aleutians as a potential back door for invading the United States. Once he reaches the door, the "Jap" encounters a large American soldier who quickly puts him to retreat as the narrator describes the new status of the Aleutians as a front door to Tokyo.
The narrator attributes the harsh and widely varying environment, rain, snow, thunder, and whirlwind gales, to Mother Nature, "The old bag blew her top!" The narrator also describes the conditions as "almost unbelievable," to which an observing elephant seal replies with Jimmy Durante style, "Nevertheless, that's the conditions that prevail."
Next, two servicemen emerge from thick mud, but a third man they are riding on never does. A "williwaw" strikes suddenly, stripping buildings and even hills off the landscape. Difficulty of airstrip maintenance due to excess moisture is the next topic; airmen, including Private Snafu, donning a diving suit in his lone appearance in the short, dive into a pond to retrieve a B-17. The aircraft rises from water and takes flight, opening its bomb bay to discharge a fish. This animal drops into the gaping maw of the seal, who repeats his earlier dialogue.
== Notes ==
* This cartoon was included on issue 45 of Army-Navy Screen Magazine.Private Snafu Golden Classics
* The film describes the hardships of a posting in the Aleutians, describing the severe climactic conditions in an ironic voiceover commentary. During the Aleutian Islands Campaign in World War II, thousands of U.S. servicemen were stationed in the islands.
== References ==
Category:1945
Category:Shorts
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Private Snafu Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Public domain films