"The Riveter" from 1940 is the first Disney Cartoon released in 1940, thus the first Donald Duck Cartoon of 1940. It also is the second Disney production released in 1940, after Disney's second animated Motion Picture "Pinocchio (1940)" from 1940.
"The Riveter" from 1940 is the second "Donald Duck" series Cartoon featuring Pete.
Donald enters "The Riveter" from 1940 singing "Heigh Ho" from Disney's first feature length animated Motion Picture "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)" from 1937.
The original opening and closing titles of "The Riveter" from 1940 are presented on the "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Donald" VHS.
Pete in "The Riveter" from 1940 pops his cigar and hammers the "Riveter Wanted" sign in to the ground with his fist just like he did in the "Mickey Mouse" Cartoon "Moving Day (1936)" from 1936. He also does things to Donald related to his cigar, but instead of lighting a match on Donald's beak to light the cigar like in "Moving Day" from 1936, he puts his leftover cigar ashes on Donald's beak.