Uncle Sam personally sends off a cat pilot for a flight to the Orient, to much crowd acclaim. Along the way he drops a heavy mailbag that nearly sinks Hawaii, and when he arrives in China, he has bags of laundry for them to wash.
Paul Terry
United States

If you're looking for logic, Off to China is going to drive you up the wall. It’s a short cartoon for folks who enjoy the jerky, frantic energy of early animation and don’t mind if the plot is basically just a series of random things happening one after another. If you need a story to make sense, or if you get annoyed ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Frank Moser

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"If you're looking for logic, Off to China is going to drive you up the wall. It’s a short cartoon for folks who enjoy the jerky, frantic energy of early animation and don’t mind if the plot is basically just a series of random things happening one after another. If you need a story to make sense, or if you get annoyed by historical oddities, maybe skip this one. So, the whole thing starts with Uncle Sam just casually sending a cat off to fly to China. Because that’s how international diplomacy ..."

