Abu and the Poisoned Well
- Movies
- 1943-01-01
- AR
- Released
- 0h 8m
- GB
- Animation
Production
Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, Ministry of Information
Storyline
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.
