The film revolves around a young albino male sperm whale named Samson who strongly believes the legendary tales of Moby Dick.

Samson decides to leave Sally and his pod to search for Moby Dick and convince him to try to save whales from whalers and the "iron beasts."

During a storm, Samson encounters the whaling ship that killed his mother, now sinking at sea with the crew adrift in a dingy.

The captain fires a rifle at Samson, causing him to react by striking the dingy and capsizing it, killing the whalers.

They also have large run-ins with radioactive waste and other masses of pollution on huge scales, notably during a song a pair of walruses sing.

This version has edited opening credits, a scene of a polar bear trying to pull a seal onto land and the seagull defecating on a whaler after tying him up removed.

This version is uncut and retains its original aspect ratio but is now extremely rare, possibly due to the low number of copies printed.