Doctor Dolittle or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country. Doctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a white mouse later named simply "Whitey". One inspiration for his character appears to be the Scottish surgeon John Hunter. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar
Jane Marsh Beveridge propaganda that emphasized how "Canadians responded to the needs of war" by documenting how well the country was training airmen and soldiers, producing "war materials", and guarding Canada's borders. The lives of Canadian women as they prepared for the Canadian Women's Army Corps, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service are documented in this 18-minute 1943 film produced by Raymond Spottiswoode and directed by Marsh. Marsh directed this nine-minute 1943 documentary, which is an account of how the 9,000 members of the Woman's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force operated during World War II