Joy Batchelor Movies

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

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

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

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

Cartoon proof that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In this 1940s cinema advert, the tardiness of Signalman Squirrel's breakfast...

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.