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Title: Peace On Earth. Classic Christmas cartoon. MGM 1939.
Added: Dec 1, 2009
Author: vambo23
Duration: 8:46
Description:
Peace on Earth is a one-reel 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated only by animals.Two young squirrels ask their grandfather on Christmas Eve who the "men" are in the lyric "Peace on Earth, good will to men." The grandfather squirrel then tells them a rotoscoped history of the human race, focusing on the neverending wars men waged. Ultimately the wars do end, with the deaths of the last men on Earth, two soldiers shooting each other. Afterwards, the surviving animals discover a copy of the Bible in the ruins of a church. Inspired by the book's teachings, they decide to rebuild a society dedicated to peace and nonviolence (using the helmets of soldiers to construct houses). The cartoon features an original song written to the tune of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". According to Hugh Harman's obituary in the New York Times and Ben Mankiewicz, host of Cartoon Alley, the cartoon was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. However, it is not listed in the official Nobel Prize nomination database. Mankiewicz also claimed that the cartoon was the first about a serious subject by a major studio. In 1994, it was voted #40 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. It was also nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons).
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Youtube Comments: 329
TheSleemeister006 Says:
Feb 28, 2012 - You truely are a freaking genius for uploading this! I ain't seen this for over 20 years. It carries a strong message....... and its still the same in this day and age
GodBlessTheSouthland Says:
Mar 1, 2012 - Well, he's just kind of lumping together the entire human race as "men." His only experience with humans was the soldiers fighting, and they, obviously, were all men.
Flex52able Says:
Mar 3, 2012 - Ants do. They make war on other ants. Great cartoon. Harmen,and Ising cartoons make you pause,and think.
Loader2K1 Says:
Mar 15, 2012 - The quality and message of this cartoon is awesome considering it was made more than 70 years ago. This cartoon also reminds me of early '80s sci-fi cartoon film, Rock & Rule.
Loader2K1 Says:
Mar 15, 2012 - @AnimatorMal: Agreed.
jczrocks Says:
Mar 18, 2012 - Very beautiful i watch this when i was a child.
StreetArtillery Says:
Mar 23, 2012 - peace on earth my ass!!WAR!!!!!
FanimationXV Says:
Mar 27, 2012 - This was the first to use that atomic bomb SFX (It was later used oftenly in the last MGM shorts from the late 1950's then used oftenly in Hanna Barbera cartoons). I find that SFX to be very annoying, they shouldn't of made it. I HATE THAT SFX!!
eurekajones1 Says:
Apr 4, 2012 - MEL BLANC RULES!!
kurackurackurac Says:
Apr 7, 2012 - Beautiful, but very wishfully ironic for a 1939 cartoon.
SquishyYabor Says:
Apr 8, 2012 - Eighteen people don't wish for peace on Earth
GreshProject Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - It has been over 50 years, and we are still the same
GreshProject Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - lol
GreshProject Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - I can imagine how humilating it would be on judgement day in this senario, God would say, "I'm so disappointed in you. How can you he so hateful of eachother that the Earth I made for you became nothing but a home for animals - and they did a better job!"
weaverk567 Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - Nate Powell used images from thiscartoon in his graphic novel "Any Empire", which I just finished reading. What a trip to find and watch the real thing. Thanks Nate!
MrGitpicker Says:
Apr 21, 2012 - shut up
roaklin Says:
Apr 21, 2012 - says someone who has never been to war, seen war or experienced it's horror.
PhoenixGoddess1983 Says:
Apr 23, 2012 - Now why do ye have to get all pissy on these YouTube comments things? It's a damn cartoon fer cryin' out loud, and good one, too.
StreetArtillery Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - i have killed with an ak47, sliced many with knifes, blown heads off with a remington 1100 sawed off shotgun, sniped from buildings and booby trapped unsuspecting wanderers
roaklin Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - @StreetArtillery call of duty doesn't count son.
metroidfanclub2 Says:
May 3, 2012 - 18 people were the humans
metroidfanclub2 Says:
May 3, 2012 - i dont want to even know where they got the red paint
wallypus111comicnerd Says:
May 11, 2012 - BAHAHA XD ewww
Koran Aksha Says:
May 16, 2012 - It was such an old cartoon, but the animation and story was(and still is) flawless.
protfl Says:
Feb 24, 2012 - more guts for kids.