September 1, 1944 – The Donald Duck Short Film The Plastics Inventor is Released to Theaters
“Now, the moment we’ve been waiting for: the first flight in our plastic plane.”
On September 1, 1944, the Donald Duck short film The Plastics Inventor was released to theaters. It was directed by Jack King, with story by Jack Hannah and Dick Shaw.
Donald is listening to a radio program called “The Plastic Hour with Professor Butterfield,” of which he is a big fan. He is excited about learning how to bake an airplane out of a huge hunk of junk. He waits until the plastic is ready to be poured into the mold, and creates the parts for the motor while he waits, and is soon ready to fly his plastic plane after baking his helmet as well. Soon, he heads up into the sky with his plane, and enjoys his flight immensely. The professor warns that the plane will melt in water, so Donald should be sure not to get it wet, and should avoid all rainclouds. Unfortunately, a storm quickly brews, and Donald quickly tries to keep his plane together, to no avail. He acts quickly to avoid some mountains, but ends up quickly losing parts of his plane in the process. The plane completely disintegrates, and Donald ends up falling to the ground, covering a flock of blackbirds like a pie. Angered by the professor’s carefree attitude about Donald’s plan falling apart in the rain, Donald takes a nearby watering can and dumps it on the radio, which, like the plane, quickly disintegrates.
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