Abu and the Poisoned Well (1943)

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.

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Vera Linnecar
Animation

John Halas
Director

Joy Batchelor
Director

Alexander Mackendrick
Writer

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