Clutch Cargo is an American animated television series created by cartoonist Clark Haas and produced by Cambria Productions,[1] syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959.

"[5] The show was the first to use the "Syncro-Vox" optical printing system because of budgetary limitations and the pressure to create animation within a tight time frame.

To further cut costs, Gillette and special-effects man Scotty Tomany supplemented Syncro-Vox with other tricks to save time and money.

Other live-action shots were superimposed as a means of adding a certain degree of realism and to keep production costs down; for example, footage of real smoke was used for explosions.

[8] In 1996, a live music venue named after the series, Clutch Cargo's, opened in Pontiac, Michigan,[9] but it closed in November 2013 with the site returning to its original use as a church.