Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Jan 01, 1943

Runtime : 8m

Genre : Animation  

Companies : Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, Ministry of Information

Countries : United Kingdom

Keywords : propaganda, world war ii, black and white, desert warfare, short film