Private Snafu learns about the corporeal effects of fear.
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II.
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II.
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00:00If we are to believe the storybook
00:29That's right, absolutely nothing
00:47Absolutely nothing
00:50Absolutely
00:52Well, practically nothing
01:03Yes, ever since the world began, men have been scared
01:23The brave knights of old had those same cold beads of perspiration
01:27Their hair stood on end
01:30Their hands got clammy
01:33Their hearts pounded
01:36Their stomachs flopped and bounced
01:39Frightened them and they got keyed up too
01:42Being normal human beings
01:44Scare a man and automatically his fear machinery starts rolling
01:49Wakes him up all over
01:51And prepares him to recognize the danger
01:53Nerves go into action
01:56And wake up a couple of glands
01:58The glands come through with a shot of adrenaline
02:01And all hell breaks loose
02:04But it all makes sense
02:08Nerve cells get hopped up
02:11You see more clearly
02:18You hear more keenly
02:21Muscles tense
02:24Your body's ready to act and act fast
02:28But to act at top speed calls for extra energy
02:34That's where the liver comes in
02:37This is the fuel tank
02:39The fuel is sugar
02:41And here's where it's stored
02:44Getting scared gets it out
02:46Out through the bloodstream to your muscles that need it
02:50To get it there quicker
02:51Your heart pumps faster
02:53And you breathe harder
02:55Bringing in more oxygen to change that sugar into strength
03:00And here we are
03:02Scared?
03:04Yes, but ready
03:05Ready either to get away from the danger
03:07Or stay and fight with extra strength
03:10That's the best thing about fear
03:13You can make it work for you
03:16Instead of against you
03:18You can все
03:34You
03:41You
03:43You
03:46You