The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam

The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam is a 1970 animated short film by Dale Case and Robert Mitchell.

Plot
Uncle Sam and his friend the American Eagle live peacefully in the American southwest, running a gas station. But when Sam is kidnapped by men with money bags for heads, the Eagle goes off to rescue him. When Sam is rescued, he tells the Eagle that there is a plot to capture the Statue of Liberty by a bomb-headed businessman.

Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Won the Grand prix at the 1971 Annecy International Animation Festival  alongside Poland's The Appeal and Czechoslovakia's The Bride.

Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

See also 
1970 in film
Independent animation
Counterculture of the 1960s

References

External links
  on YouTube
  on IMDb
  on Cartoon Brew

Category:1970 films
Category:1970 animated films
Category:Animated films about birds
Category:Statue of Liberty
Category:American animated short films
Category:Animated films about animals