'' Short Subject '' ( commonly known as '' Mickey Mouse in Vietnam '' ) is a 16 mm American underground animated short film . The director was Whitney Lee Savage ( father of Adam Savage , of '' MythBusters '' fame ) ; the producer and head designer was Milton Glaser . The short was produced under the auspices of a studio named Max Cats and Whittesey Sledge Studios . It features the Disney character Mickey Mouse being shipped to Vietnam during the war . Moments after arriving , he is shot dead . It was produced independently in 1969 and has a total running time of one minute . It received an award from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1970 . The film was thought to be lost for many years until April 22 , 2013 , when a YouTube user uploaded the video . Five years later , on July 31 , 2018 , the full short was discovered and uploaded by another YouTube user ; this version includes the opening and closing titles , both of which were absent in the 2013 upload , as well the audio track , which , until then , was assumed to be completely lost . The music prominently used in the soundtrack is '' The Gonk '' by Herbert Chappell , which was popularized by George A. Romero 's horror film '' Dawn of the Dead ''
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Mickey Mouse in Vietnam