The Hole (1962)

The Hole is a 1962 short animation by John Hubley and Faith Hubley
that won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1962.

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The film uses improvised dialogue from Dizzy Gillespie and George Mathews
as a pair of construction workers, one white, one black.
Working deep underground, our cartoon heroes begin debating the fate of the world
and the possibility of nuclear annihilation … from under the streets of New York.

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