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The Milky Way (1940 film)

The Milky Way (1940 film) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Milky Way (1940 film) rather than just read about it. In short: The Milky Way is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres with the film The Captain Is a Lady in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short (produced and directed by Rudolf Ising and co-produced by Fred Quimby with the voice of Bernice Hansen as the kittens and their mother, and musical supervision by Scott Bradley) explores the adventures of the "three little kittens w…

Key takeaways

The Milky Way (1940 film) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Milky Way (1940 film) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Milky Way (1940 film) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Milky Way is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres with the film The Captain Is a Lady in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short (produced and directed by Rudolf Ising and co-produced by Fred Quimby with the voice of Bernice Hansen as the kittens and their mother, and musical supervision by Scott Bradley) explores the adventures of the "three little kittens who lost their mittens", as they explore a dreamland where space is made up entirely of dairy products (for example, the Milky Way is made of milk and the Moon is made of green cheese). The short won the 1940 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, and was the first non-Disney film to do so. Other shorts nominated in 1940 included A Wild Hare by Warner Bros., introducing Bugs Bunny, and another MGM cartoon Puss Gets the Boot, with Jasper & Jinx, the prototype for Tom and Jerry. This makes 1940 the first time a Disney film wasn't even nominated for the award. It was added as a bonus feature in the Marx Bros. DVD release of Go West (1940) and Warner Archive Blu-ray release of Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940).

Plot Three kittens, denied milk as punishment for losing their mittens after playing out in the snow, sail up into the Milky Way in a basket lifted by three helium balloons. Their space flight takes them past the Moon, the planet Mars, the Big Dipper, and the Little Dipper, until they reach their destination: the Milky Way. Once in the Milky Way, they find it a land of natural milk springs and geysers. The kittens proceed to happily gorge themselves on milk, until they get into trouble and risk falling back down to Earth. However, it is then revealed that the whole event was imagined. Their mother comes in to their bedroom to invite them down for supper. The kittens rush excitedly into the kitchen, only to be sickened to see that their supper is milk.

Additional Crew Production Manager: Fred Quimby Film Co-Produced by William Hanna (uncredited) Uncredited Story by Maurice Day Uncredited Animation by Jack Zander

Home media Go West (unrestored bonus feature) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners (restored) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 1 (restored) Broadway Melody of 1940, Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release (restored bonus feature)

References

External links The Milky Way (1940) on Dailymotion (uploaded by InternetAnimationDatabase) The Milky Way at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Milky Way (1940 film)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Milky Way (1940 film) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Milky Way (1940 film) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Milky Way (1940 film) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Milky Way (1940 film)

In research: The Milky Way (1940 film) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Milky Way (1940 film) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Milky Way (1940 film) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1940 American animated films, 1940 English-language films, 1940 animated short films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Milky Way (1940 film) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Milky Way (1940 film) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The Milky Way (1940 film) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain The Milky Way (1940 film) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is The Milky Way (1940 film) in simple terms?

Why does The Milky Way (1940 film) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Milky Way (1940 film)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The Milky Way (1940 film).