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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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
004998
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - United States
Childrens Films → Children 0-6
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
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)