The Ostrich
- Studio
- G-B Animation
- Animation studio
- David Hand Productions
- Distributor
- Rank Organisation, General Film Distributors Ltd.
Synopsis
A male ostrich steps into a two-dimensional Egyptian hieroglyphic to pursue a female ostrich. He hatches an egg by sitting on it. Oswald, the baby ostrich, ends up saving his father's life. The Radio Revellers sing "Don't Hide Your Head In The Sand."
Characters
Oswald the Ostrich, Female Ostrich, Father Ostrich
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Bert Felstead
Producing
- Producer
- David Dodd Hand
Writing
- Writer
- Reg Parlett
- Writer, Uncredited
- Ralph Wright
Voices
- Voice
- Radio Revellers
Music
- Music
- Henry Reed
Animation
- Animator
- John Wilson, Frank Moysey, Chick Henderson, Ted Percival
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Geo Hawthorn, Betty Hansford
- Set Design
- Eric Rickus, Perc Poynter
Production notes
While the two-dimensional female remained unnamed, the father ostrich was subsequently named Sandy.