Hell-Bent for Election

Hell-Bent for Election

NR 1944 · 13 min · ★ 5.6 · Animation, Comedy

A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."

Directed by Chuck Jones · Written by Robert Lees

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