"Macy's Goes to War" is a fictional short black and white "Washingtone News" newsreel from WW2 telling the story of FDR's call for much needed scrap rubber and his phone call to Mr Macy resulting in Macy's Department Store's vital contribution of the rubber cartoon Thanksgiving parade balloons to the US war effort and their use Operation Torch in November of 1942. The film seamlessly blends new black and white scenes and original archival footage with inserted 2D animation to create humorous and fun new take on actual history.