April 14, 1970

Hell-Bent For Election (1944) ****

The first political campaign ad. Made for the 1944 US presidential election, this is UPA's first animated film (at the time, the company was still known as Industrial Films). More conventional than its later films, it presents a race between two trains: FDR's "Win The War Special" versus Republicans' "Defeatist Limited". Directed by Chuck Jones.