The Plastics Inventor

The Plastics Inventor is a Disney animated short from 1944, produced in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures, featuring Donald Duck.^[1]

The Plastics Inventor
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack King
Story by	Jack Hannah Dick Shaw Carl Barks (uncredited)
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Don Towsley Paul Allen Bill Justice Brad Case
Layouts by	Ernie Nordli
Backgrounds by	Merle Cox
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1944 (1944-09-01)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Donald Duck makes an airplane made of plastic, following instructions from a radio. The cartoon begins with Donald listening to the radio, and having a massive pile of junk - just enough to build his plastic airplane. After Donald completes his plastic invention, the radio reminds Donald to make his helmet.

Then Donald decides to test pilot his plastic airplane in the sky, bringing the radio along with him. During the flight, the radio explains one fault; to not let the plastic airplane melt in water. Unfortunately, a rainstorm starts pouring and the plastic airplane begins to melt, with Donald attempting to repair it with extreme difficulty.

The airplane eventually melts away completely, forming into a parachute as Donald lands safely on a tulip patch. Donald, now angry at the radio, waters the radio with a watering can, melting it to liquid, ending the cartoon.

Voice cast

• Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.^[2]