Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

Everyone knows that petroleum comes out of the earth, but the question is how did it get there, and what is it made of? The answer to these questions...

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard r...

Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer a...

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure children...

A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where his e...

Football crazy, football mad. Don’t watch this off-beat jukebox cartoon expecting any conventional soccer action. Equal parts Disney, Dali and Duchamp...

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.

A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to the...

Our animated hero questions his sanity after blowing his top and driving his car into a police station.

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citi...

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that wa...