This just got posted, a 12-minute, 1966 version of "The Hobbit".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBnVL1Y2src
It was made by Gene Deitch in the span of one month. Why was it made at all? Read this. (http://genedeitchcredits.com/40-william-l-snyder/)
...well at least Gene kept Gollum. DESPITE DITCHING EVERYTHING ELSE.