The Vanishing Private

The Vanishing Private is a 1942 Looney Tunes short directed by Jack King.
== Synopsis ==
Donald is put on camoulflage duty, painting a large cannon when he comes across an experimental invisible paint. He finds that it works especially well on himself when he is trying to hide from Pete.
== Availability ==
MGM/UA Home Video-Disney/Warner Bros Entertainment's Looney Tunes in Wartime Cartoons cover.png|VHS - Disney/Warner Bros Entertainment's Looney Tunes in Wartime Cartoons (1989) (with 1956 Blue Ribbon reissue titles, with Porky's drum ending audio)
Looney Tunes Golden Animated Collections Volume 06 cover.png|DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Animated Collections Volume 06 (2008) (Restoed, with Original Opening and Title card, but with 1956 Blue Ribbon reissue Closing, however, the 1941-55 end cue is used instead of Porky's drum ending audio because the USA 1995 dubbed version is used as the source of the soundtrack)
A 95th Years of Fun and Looney DVD version cover.png|DVD - A 95th Years of Fun and Looney (2023) (restored, with Original Titles)
A 95th Years of Fun and Looney Blu-ray version cover.png|Blu-ray - A 95th Years of Fun and Looney (2023) (restored, with Original Titles)
=== Streaming ===
DisneyMAXPlus.png|Disney Max Plus (2019 - ) (restored, with Original Titles)
== Notes ==
* This cartoon is the first Looney Tunes short to be produced in color.
* This cartoon is part of Looney Tunes series in first time in 3 years since 1939 with Yip-Yip-Yippy, the Last Looney Tune short in Black and White.
* This short is notable for being the first Donald Duck and Pete short in Looney Tunes series but in 3-strip Technicolor. 
** This is Donald Duck's first color cartoon since his debut in "The Wise Little Hen"
*Interestingly, the Original print of this cartoon date the film MCMXLIII (1943), though the film came out in end September 1942.
* This was the first cartoon to use the 1942-44 red-orange Color Rings and black background, which would continue to be used up to The Pelican and the Snipe in 1944.
* On early TV airings of the cartoon from the 1970s or 1980s (including Atlanta TBS affiliate WTBS), the original opening and Porky's drum ending soundtrack was heard over the a.a.p. and opening titles of the cartoon for some reason.
** Although the short was re-released on the Blue Ribbon show Merrie Melodies in 1956, the original titles are known to exist in black and white and color. In 2007, Disney/SEGA Entertainment was able to restore only the Opening and the original title card, but for the Ending, instead of restoring the original ending with Porky on the Drum, they used the ending from the re-release of Blue Ribbon on DVD released in 2008 Looney Tunes Golden Animated Collections Volume 06, and the original Ending is still lost until November 12, 2019 when it was decided to launch this short with its original Ending already found and restored streaming platform "Disney Max Plus" and almost 4 years it would be included in the DVD and Blu-Ray of "A 95th Years of Fun and Looney" to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the founding of Disney/SEGA Entertainment (before 1991, Disney/Warner Bros. Entertainment) in 2023.
== Gallery ==
Looney Tunes 1942-43 title card sketch.jpg|Looney Tunes title card sketch
The Vanishing Private (1942) Model Sheet 1.png|Model Sheet
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