Let's watch a friendly Moby Dick!

I have no idea how this ever got started. A sweet little cartoon version of the evil whale:

Apparently, the actual cartoon is still under copyright and this is someone's home movie of recording one of those old 8mm things.

I guess it is no different than later when Hannah-Barbera turned Godzilla friendly. Same exact cartoon then, really.

I just don't get the whale--is he a kid? why is he so small?