''Great Guns!'' is a 1927
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit or Oswald Rabbit) is a cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 19 ...
cartoon produced by the
Walt Disney Studio and Winkler Productions. It was re-issued by
Walter Lantz Productions
Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1928 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios.
The studio was originally formed as Universal Cartoon Studios on the initiative o ...
in 1932. It was originally released on October 17, 1927.
Plot
War is declared, and Oswald enlists in the army. He shows off his uniform and weapon to impress his girlfriend. Later he is shown in a
trench
A trench is a type of excavation or in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).
In geology, trenches result from eros ...
in a battlefield kissing her photo. A mouse piloting an airplane drops a bomb, destroying the photo. Angered, Oswald boards a plane and engages in a
dogfight
A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range. Dogfighting first occurred in Mexico in 1913, shortly after the invention of the airplane. Until at least 1992, it was a component in every majo ...
with the mouse's plane. Both planes crash and they begin hand-to-hand fighting. A large enemy dog approaches, causing Oswald to attempt to flee. He encounters an elephant, and uses the elephant's trunk to fire cannonballs at the dog. The dog fires cannonballs back at Oswald from a cannon. Oswald catches most of the balls and throws them back. Finally one hits Oswald, reducing him to dust. His girlfriend, now a
Red Cross
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nurse, appears and gathers the pieces in a basket and takes them to a hospital. She pours them into a cocktail shaker and after shaking them, pours them out and restores Oswald. They joyously embrace each other.
Home media
The short was released on December 11, 2007, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit''.
Legacy
In the Disney game ''
Epic Mickey
''Epic Mickey'' is a 2010 platform game for the Wii developed by Junction Point Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios, except in Japan, where it was published by Nintendo. The game focuses on Mickey Mouse, who accidentally damag ...
'', where Disney shorts starring
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are used for navigation, ''Great Guns!'' is one of the shorts you play through.
References
External links
''Great Guns!'' at Google Drive
1927 animated films
1927 films
1920s Disney animated short films
1920s war films
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons
Films directed by Walt Disney
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Universal Pictures animated short films
Animated films about animals
Animated films without speech
1920s American films
Silent American comedy films
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