Those cartoons were for public consumption. Some people today call it "war propaganda" but I think they are great.
My dad told me about the WB “training” cartoons made for the DOD that he and other GI’s watched during basic training and while overseas during WWII. These were mostly the Private SNAFU films that were not shown at home but only to the GI’s. Funny and entertaining, they were also educational.
But he also told me about one he saw in basic training featuring Bugs Bunny that was all about the dangers of contracting “the clap” (VD) from local “good time girls” (prostitutes) overseas. My dad didn’t tell me, his daughter all the specifics of the cartoon except to say Bugs Bunny used some very “salty” and very direct language to describe what might happen to a GI’s most treasured piece of “equipment” if he were to “put in the wrong place”; “keep your powder and your wick dry boys”, if you catch my drift. LOL! I’ve never been able to find it on You Tube or anywhere else. I wonder if any copies still exist or if any WWII vets here might remember it.
Private SNAFU: Booby Traps 1944 US Army Training Film Cartoon, Mel Blanc, Bob Clampett
Private Snafu in "Censored.", 1944
Wow, I didn’t know this!