This short is one of the Silly Symphonies series which Disney produced. There will be spoilers ahead:
There's no real plot here, but one isn't really necessary. A spider is tugging on a web attached to a sphinx when a secret door in the front opens. The spider, curious, goes inside, negotiating an intricate series of halls and corridors (a magnificent section of wonderful animation) until it reaches a chamber where it eventually enters a sarcophagus and is frightened by a mummy.
It runs away only to find four other sarcophagi and four other mummies. The mummies come out to do a dance as the spider hides from them. The dance sequence is also well executed.
The best is yet to come, as hieroglyphics come to live and begin a conflict. The visuals here are fascinating, moving faster and faster, until the spider panics, runs back out the way it came and then runs off into the desert.
This short is available on the Disney Treasures Silly Symphonies DVD set and it and the set are well worth finding. Recommended.
There's no real plot here, but one isn't really necessary. A spider is tugging on a web attached to a sphinx when a secret door in the front opens. The spider, curious, goes inside, negotiating an intricate series of halls and corridors (a magnificent section of wonderful animation) until it reaches a chamber where it eventually enters a sarcophagus and is frightened by a mummy.
It runs away only to find four other sarcophagi and four other mummies. The mummies come out to do a dance as the spider hides from them. The dance sequence is also well executed.
The best is yet to come, as hieroglyphics come to live and begin a conflict. The visuals here are fascinating, moving faster and faster, until the spider panics, runs back out the way it came and then runs off into the desert.
This short is available on the Disney Treasures Silly Symphonies DVD set and it and the set are well worth finding. Recommended.