Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The character was created by director Frank Capra, chairman of the U.S. Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit, and most were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf.[1]

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

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 s...

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't stud...

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to prot...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the tr...

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the S...

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

Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas clo...

Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers a...

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

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.