John Henry and the InkyPoo (1946)

In this Puppetoon animated short film an Academy Award Best Short Subject Cartoons nominee legendary American folklore figure John Henry voice of Rex Ingram goes to work for the CO Railroad which shortly thereafter buys an automatic steeldriving engine The InkyPoo John Henry matches his strength against the engine saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind Can he prevail In 2015 this film deemed culturally historically or aesthetically significant was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry