The Jungle Book (1967 film) The Jungle Book (1967 film) The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, it is the 19th Disney animated feature film. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him to leave the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives. The early
Rudyard Kipling (ship) remained with the Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd. for the rest of her career. On 16 September 1939, the "Rudyard Kipling" left Fleetwood for a routine fishing trip to an area off the west coast of Ireland. The trawler, under the command of Skipper Charles Robinson and with a crew of 12 men, was about west of the Irish town of Donegal when came alongside and ordered them to pull over to the submarine and surrender. The German crew then took the "Rudyard Kipling"s food, including sugar, bread and fish, as well as the trawler's wireless radios, and transferred them