Phil Eastman

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

Pvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.

Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

Pvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.

Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

As the Devil watches Pvt. Snafu and his unit stationed in Iran, he talks about the hazards of working in the heat.

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to protect himself adequately against their onslaught.

The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers and reports evidence of the enemy's presence at his assigned area.

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

Private Snafu steals secret Japanese war plans, is captured and tried. He escapes and rows out to sea.

Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.

A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.

While Gaston LeCrayon is setting up his painting area on the sidewalk, a limousine zooms by and splashes mud all over the canvas. The wealthy woman, who was a passenger in that limousine, mistakes the mud-splashed canvas for "art" and invites Gaston to her mansion, wanting him to create a masterpiece with her expensive art supplies. Her husband, however, has different ideas.

Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a post WW2 optimism which was soon to be seen as leftist propaganda and now reads like simple multiculturalism.

Private Snafu learns about fear

Private Snafu learns about inflation

Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.

Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.