THE NEW SPIRIT
(1942)
Original pastel storyboard of a Japanese warship from the first animated film of World War Two. Starring Donald Duck, the film was released within three months of America’s entry into the war. Made for the Treasury Department, they had to approve the storyboards before production began. To help These non-professionals understand the storyboards, they were done in color and with more detail than usual. The color pastel storyboards were done so well that many were printed in a two-page color spread in LIFE magazine. Like the others, this one was done on black paper in pastels, and measures 8 l/4 x 3 ¾”. The black paper has the Disney five-hole punch along the bottom.