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Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943)
Directed by Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Animation · 8m
Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of the conflict Halas & Batchelor were commissioned by the British Government to make four cartoons featuring a young boy Abu and his mule. They were intended to demonstrate in simple visual terms that Britain was a stout friend and the Axis powers a pernicious evil.
Crew
- Director
- Joy Batchelor, John Halas
- Writer
- Alexander Mackendrick
Details
- Release date
- 1943-01-01
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Animation
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, Ministry of Information