Russian Rhapsody Directed by Robert Clampett

Russian Rhapsody is more or less a moving political cartoon. It's set in 1944 but is recalling 1941, at a time in which Hitler holds a press conference. Through his thick shouting, he declares he has decided to bomb Moscow personally. as none of his men would be fit enough to do it.

On his plane ride over, tiny Russian gremlins infest his plane and begin to take it apart from the inside out.  They sing, they saw, they destroy, and eventually the Fuehrer catches on and chases them around the cabin. The gremlins saw a hole in the bottom of the plane and he plummets to the ground, his bomber following him. 

In each shot, there is a lot of movement. It's really quite impressive. It's exaggerated of course, but not unbelievably so. 

Also, a great deal of care is given to perspective and camera angles. There are dolly shots and pans up and down, close ups and zoom outs. And this is all just painted sheets of acetate layered atop one another. Granted, there isn't a lot of shadow, but there really is everything else. 

In terms of the sound, much of the music is that characteristic of the big band. It's very grand and kicks in to further the timeline of the story. The dialogue is sarcastic and satirical, cleverly taking jabs at the nazis at almost every turn. All the peripheral sounds(sawing, crashing, banging, etc.) are pretty literal, but still well done. At no point does the sound overpower the image.

In summation, Robert Clampett and his team knew what they were doing.