- February 6
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Saludos Amigos to theaters in the U.S. It cost US$300,000 to make. It includes the animated short films: Lake Titicaca (with Donald Duck), Pedro, El Gaucho Goofy (with Goofy), and Aquarela do Brasil (with Donald Duck). (Worldwide gross theater receipts: US$1.2 million.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [24] [25] [48.186] [97.181] [190.26] [191] [250.98] [370.57] [501.483] (February 19 [79.57] [113.212])
- February 8
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Bambi for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. [39.404]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Love is a Song" from the film Bambi for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Best Song. [39.404]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Der Fuehrer's Face for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.404]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Grain that Built a Hemisphere for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Documentary. [39.404]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The New Spirit for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Documentary. [39.404]
- February 19
- The Pluto film Pluto and the Armadillo is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.392]
- March 4
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Der Fuehrer's Face. [13] [16] [23] [38.128] [39.404]
- March 12
- The Donald Duck film Flying Jalopy is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.189]
- April 2
- The Pluto film Private Pluto is released to theaters. Chip and Dale make their first appearance, though unnamed. [16] [23] [97.99] [228.401]
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- April 23
- The Donald Duck film Fall Out - Fall In is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.171]
- May 1
- Disney delivers the film Water, Friend or Enemy to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [501.600]
- (month unknown)
- Work begins on the animated short film The Good Samaritan, starring Pluto. [176.42]
- June 11
- Work on the film The Good Samaritan is canceled. [176.42]
- June
- Frank Reilly is hired to take over as head of the comic strip department. [82.24]
- (month unknown)
- The Tall Comic Book Mickey's Dog Pluto All Picture Comics is published. [259.31]
- Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #19, "Thumper". [113.152]
- Disney publishes the first and only issue of Dispatch from Disney, for employees in the armed services. [113.328] [235.87]
- Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #30, "Bambi's Children". [113.152]
- Disney produces the film Aeronca Project [Basic Maintenance of Primary Training Airplanes] for the US Army and Aeronca. [23]
- Disney produces the film Air Masses and Fronts for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Air Transport Command for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Aircraft Carrier Landing Qualifications for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Aircraft Welding for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film The Aleutian Islands [A.D.C. Project] for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Battle of China in part for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Battle of Russia in part for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Beechcraft Maintenance and Repair for Beech Aircraft Corporation and the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film British Torpedo Plane Tactics for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Carrier Rendezvous and Breakup for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film The Cold Front for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney buys the rights to an unpublished short story by Ward Greene about a mutt and a cocker spaniel. (The story later becomes the basis of the film Lady and the Tramp.) [229.103]
- Disney produces the film Divide and Conquer in part for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Fixed Gunnery and Fighter Tactics for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Fog for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Glider Training for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Heat Treating for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film High Level Precision Bombing for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Know Your Enemy - Japan in part for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Lofting and Layouts for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film The Mark 13 - Modification I Aerial Torpedo for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Minneapolis Honeywell Project [Auto Pilot] for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film The Occluded Front for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Rules of the Nautical Road for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Substitution and Conversion for the US Army. [23]
- Disney produces the film Template Reproduction for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film Thunderstorms for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film V.T.B. Pilot Training for the US Navy. [23]
- Disney produces the film The Warm Front for the US Navy. [23]
- Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Four Color Comics comic book #29, "Donald Duck - Mummy's Ring". [113.330]
- Bill Walsh joins the Disney studio as a writer for the Mickey Mouse comic strip. [501.592]
- Roy Disney renews the distribution agreement with RKO. [1102.518]
- July 17
- United Artists releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Victory Through Air Power to theaters. It cost US$788,000 to make. The film is based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky. (Gross theater receipts: US$799,000.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [48.185] [97.185] [113.212] [370.60] [501.586] [1102.404] (August 13 [79.60])
- July 30
- The Goofy film Victory Vehicles is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [501.586]
- August 11
- Disney produces the film Defense Against Invasion for the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [1378.179]
- August 27
- The animated short film Reason and Emotion is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.410]
- September
- Disney publishes the first issue of Mickey Mouse on the Home Front, mainly for use by aircraft companies during World War II. [113.328]
- September 16
- Samuel Goldwyn and Walt Disney announce that the Disney studio would produce an animated sequence for Goldwyn's film Up in Arms. [176.76]
- October 15
- The first Figaro film Figaro and Cleo is released to theaters. [16] [23] [235.92] [228.184]
- November 5
- The Donald Duck film The Old Army Game is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.366]
- November 26
- The Donald Duck film Home Defense is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.238]
- December 17
- RKO Radio Pictures releases the animated film Chicken Little to theaters. [16] [23] [395.63] [1378.131]
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