Superman, Billion Dollar Limited is the third of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, Billion Dollar Limited centers on a train carrying one billion dollars in gold to the US mint, which is sabotaged by robbers before Superman intervenes. The short was released by Paramount Pictures on January 9, 1942 USA.
The film starts with an image of the front page of the Daily Planet, reporting the shipment of a billion dollars of gold to the US mint. A train is being loaded with hundreds of bars of gold, guarded by several armed police officers. [Railroad buffs will note that the locomotive is identical to the unique one used by the Twentieth Century Limited beginning in 1938.] Further ahead, in a passenger coach, Lois Lane boards with help from Clark Kent, who says he wishes he could come, but he has another story to cover. As the last of the gold is loaded, a car a few hundred yards away turns on its lights, and the men inside put on robbers' masks and arm themselves. The mysterious car follows the train. (for more info see wikipedia)
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Superman, Billion Dollar Limited Classic, Animated Vintage Cartoons, Max Fleischer,Paramount Pictures, Movie Film Short Release dates January 9,1942. Voices by, Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa, and Directed by Dave Fleischer. in Technicolor.
Superman Saves Billion Dollar Gold Shipment.
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