Abu and the Poisoned Well
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.
- Year: 1943
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Animation
- Studio: Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, Ministry of Information
- Keyword: propaganda, world war ii, black and white, desert warfare, short film
- Director: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
- Cast: