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Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 3 mins · English
- Directed by
- Ben Sharpsteen
- Starring
- Thelma Boardman
The short documentary shows how ordinary kitchen waste—especially discarded cooking fats—can be collected, processed and refined into the chemical ingredients used to manufacture explosives for the wartime effort, highlighting an unexpected link between domestic trash and military production.
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