Destination Earth (1956)

(From: Destination Earth, a 1956 American Petroleum Institute Propaganda Film)

"On a distant planet, in a land controlled by an evil totalitarian despot, a lone astronaut is sent to an alien world to acquire valuable technology, but instead discovers the mechanism for toppling a totalitarian regime and bringing revolution to his people. His name is Colonel Cosmic."

I would watch that. And I could easily imagine it as some late 70's early 80's b-movie sci-fi kitsch that is perfect (and probably available) to watch instantly on Netflix.

But it's not.

Instead, this is my loosely translated plot-line of an interesting pro-capitalist / pro-oil propaganda cartoon commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute in 1956 called Destination Earth. I don't know the history of the major players (animators, directors, music, etc) but the animation is that cute futurism tinged Hanna-Barbera-esque style that I've always loved since I use to watch Cartoon Network back when it literally was nothing but  old Hanna-Barbera-esque cartoons. @ archive.org

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