Donald Duck and a woodpecker in the animated feature Donald's Camera

Donald’s Camera is Released

Uncharacteristically, Donald Duck decides to do the right thing in the cartoon short Donald’s Camera, which snapped into theaters on this day in 1941.

Passing a camera shop window, Donald reads the sign,

“Shoot nature with a camera instead of a gun!”

Taking this to heart, the level-headed duck takes to the forest for some wildlife photography. Finding that the woodland creatures are less than cooperative and encountering an insufferable woodpecker who ends up smashing his camera.