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00:00 The Walt Disney Studio was never idle.

00:04 As if the staff wasn't busy enough making short subjects and feature films,

00:08 they also turned out a large number of educational, sponsored, and promotional films.

00:12 The Volunteer Worker is a rarely seen short from 1940,

00:16 featuring Donald Duck as a good citizen trying to collect money for charity.

00:20 The abrupt ending implies that this was designed to be followed

00:24 by a pitch for a specific worthy cause, and there's never any shortage of those.

00:28 [music]

00:32 [music]

00:36 (dramatic music)

00:38 (dramatic music)

00:41 (dramatic music)

00:44 (birds chirping)

00:49 (dog barking)

00:53 - Good morning.

01:09 I have new gifts for ya.

01:11 (door slams)

01:14 Welcome.

01:17 This sure took me back to...

01:19 (knocking)

01:20 How do you do?

01:22 I'm so glad...

01:23 (knocking)

01:25 Don't you kill me, there's too many of ya.

01:28 Come on, do it.

01:30 This time I'll make some deals.

01:32 Oh, I'll go get you.

01:33 (dogs barking)

01:39 (speaking in foreign language)

01:43 - No, you could not!

01:46 (door slams)

01:49 (speaking in foreign language)

01:56 (dramatic music)

01:59 (dramatic music)

02:08 (glass shattering)

02:20 - Oh, gosh.

02:21 (dramatic music)

02:26 - What's the trouble, sonny?

02:27 Your gal turn you down?

02:29 - Uh-uh.

02:30 No.

02:31 - Collecting for charity, huh?

02:34 I suppose they're kinda slow in kicking in, huh?

02:37 - I'm sure.

02:39 - You don't have to tell me the good them charities do.

02:42 I know.

02:43 They helped out plenty when times was tough for me.

02:46 - Yeah, good.

02:48 - Now look, I ain't got much,

02:50 but if everybody would give a little,

02:53 it'd help a lot, see?

02:55 So here.

02:56 I'll start the ball a-rollin'.

02:58 - Cash, cash, cash!

03:00 A fire, fire, fire, fire!

03:03 (dramatic music)

03:06 (upbeat music)

03:08 [MUSIC]

Donald Duck - The Volunteer Worker (1940)

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