Commerical Short

Release Date 1965

Synopsis

Donald Duck follows the manufacture of steel from ore to finished product.

Characters

Donald Duck

Comments

Produced for the American Iron and Steel Institute and released on 16mm.

From Len Preston : I saw this short in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry when I was a kid. and I absolutely LOVED it. I enjoyed the vibrant animation and the booming voice of the narrator, which gave the short a feeling of grandness and importance. I would love to find this online or on DVD so I could see it again.

From Tom Wormstedt : I've seen this short and it's spectacular. Actually, Walt Disney Educational Media and the American Iron & Steel Institute both officially offer this movie to view and download on the Pennsylvania State University's website.

http://www.engr.psu.edu/MTAH/photos/video_donaldduck.htm

from "Steel and America: A New Look" (©1974) This 4:20 minute clip from the American Iron and Steel Institute's documentary film features Donald Duck demonstrating how medieval iron was made, and that the colonists used virtually the same methods. Donald Duck In 1974, in preparation for the American Bicentennial, the American Iron and Steel Institute made a half hour film in cooperation with Walt Disney to promote an understanding of an industrial society. The film told the story of American steel making from its primitive beginnings to recent practices and future needs. Scenes of colonial iron manufacture [like the Saugus Iron Works in Saugus, Massachusetts], modern steel plants and steel products are interspersed with scenes of Donald Duck doing what he does best: being a good worker, getting run over by wheelbarrows and getting frustrated. This scene, about 10 minutes into the film, explains how iron is mined and smelted in the Middle Ages — and it ends with Donald's literal transformation into a Colonial ironmaster.

This video was produced by Walt Disney Educational Media in cooperation with the American Iron & Steel Institute and appears here with both their permissions.

Donald Duck from "Steel in America"
Cel courtesy of Acme Animation Gallery

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