{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Food and Magic | image = | caption = | director = | producer = US War Department | writer = | narrator = | starring = Jack Carson | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Warner Bros. | released = {{Film date|1943|11|18}} | runtime = 10 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}
'''''Food and Magic''''' is a 1943 short documentary film commissioned by the United States Government during World War II. ''Food and Magic'', was produced by the War Activities Committee of The Motion Picture Industry and it deals with food conservation and healthy eating. It stars Jack Carson as a sideshow barker who informs the crowd about proper wartime food consumption, including conservation and rationing.<ref>{{cite book | last = William H. | first = Young |author2=Nancy K. Young | title = World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia, Tom 1 | publisher = ABC-CLIO | year = 2010 | doi = | page = 338 | isbn = 978-0-313-35652-0 }}</ref>
==Archive== ''Food and Magic'' was preserved in 2008 by the Academy Film Archive. The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Food+and+Magic&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Academy War Film Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/academy-war-film-collection|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0185319|title=Food and Magic}} * {{Internet Archive short film|id=FoodAndMagic|name=Food and Magic (1943)}}
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