How the whale got his throat

United States, 1970

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Rudyard Kipling’s whimsical story of how the whale got his sieve-like throat is the subject of this animated film. Long ago, after the whale has eaten all the fish in the sea, he decides to consume a sailor on a raft. Once inside the whale the man jumps about, causing hiccups, until the whale agrees to take him home to get rid of him. As he leaves the whale’s mouth at the trip’s end, the sailor lodges a huge grid, made from his cut-up raft, in the whale’s throat so that until this day the whale can eat only very small fish.

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Credits

director

Stephen Bosustow

production company

Stephen Bosustow Productions

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

004998

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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