Superman: Eleventh Hour (1942)

★★★★★ · Magnifique exemple de film noir adaptÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ · Liove · 2005-07-12

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★★★★★ · Good historical document · histteacher · 2005-10-19

I regularly show this cartoon to my history students when we study World War II. Seeing Superman causing destruction (and implied death) is so antithetical to his usual activities helps students to understand more about the nature of propaganda, the scope of the war effort, etc.

★★★★ · Sign Of The Times · rspress · 2006-12-23

Nothing surprising here for a World War II era cartoon. What were superheros supposed to do back then, sit out the war? Many of the cartoon writers and producers were glad to lend their series to helping the war effort. Both the Germans and the Japanese were well versed in using propaganda to help their war effort. With Hollywood we became experts as well. As with all propaganda on all sides of the war gross stereotypes were the order of the day. The Japanese portrayed most Americans as devils or gangsters. What is sad is people trying to remove this part of history in the name of Political…

★★★★ · Un reponse · Felix Wildmay · 2005-06-30

Je ne suis pas un americain chauviniste, typique, mais je crois que M. Miyagi est, malheureusement, un francais typique. Le deuxieme guerre mondial etait juste! Completement! I am not a chauvinistic or jingoistic (or whatever you wish to call it), American (and in fact not even a Republican) but it was a just war. Some propaganda, /malgre/ what Miyagi says, is justified. And in view of that, this film is not only appropriate (given the state of afffairs in 1942), but from an aesthetic point of view (look at the perspective angles employed!) beautiful; the sort of animation that has been…

★★★★ · Completely appropriate for its time · boomer54 · 2006-08-13

Lots of Monday morning quarterbacking going on in here. I think this film was completely appropriate for it's time, and to whatever extent it bolstered the morale of Americans at home and overseas, then all the better. Now if we can just get Superman to start kicking terrorist butt, we'll be in business !

★★★★ · Good Propaganda · keithg · 2006-12-25

When I was younger they used to play these cartoons on Cartoon Network. It was very fascinating to see a war propaganda version of the superman I was so fond of. We should forever preserve these wonderful gems of history, very good.