Camouflage

1944 AnimationDocumentary Directed by Frank Thomas

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About Camouflage

Between Japanese air raids, a chameleon called "Now You See Him Now You Don't, Yehudi" explains camouflage to a group of airmen. The short mixes color animation with live-action film about hiding targets from the air.

Cast & crew

More about Camouflage

Frank Thomas directed. The First Motion Picture Unit produced it as a training film for the United States military on camouflage against air attack. The catalog's Internet Archive identifier is Camouflage1944.

Themes

  • hiding from the air
  • a chameleon as instructor
  • camouflage
  • Yehudi
  • air raid
  • airmen
  • First Motion Picture Unit

Background

A 1944 training short on how to hide military targets from aircraft.

Notes

  • The host's full gag name is Now You See Him Now You Don't, Yehudi.
  • The raids in the cartoon are Japanese planes.
  • Color animation carries the lesson. Live action supplements it.

Scenes

  • Yehudi the chameleon lectures the airmen between raids.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (Camouflage1944)
  • Wikimedia Commons (Camouflage (1944).ogv)