The Hole is a 15-minute American animated film by John Hubley and Faith Hubley. It was released in 1962, and it discusses the then-popular topic of nuclear warfare.
Summary The film uses improvised dialogue from Dizzy Gillespie and George Mathews as two construction workers at work in the bottom of a hole on a construction site. They discuss the possibility of an accidental nuclear weapons attack.1963 The. Hole: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
Accolades The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1963.When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive
Legacy In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved The Hole in 2003.
References
External links The Hole essay by Greg Cwik on the National Film Registry website