Joy Batchelor Movies

  • 1954
    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

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    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...

    Animal Farm
  • 1959
    Piping Hot

    Piping Hot

    Piping Hot

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

    Piping Hot
  • 1961
    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

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

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds
  • 2018
    Secrets of British Animation

    Secrets of British Animation

    Secrets of British Animation

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

    Secrets of British Animation
  • 1967
    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

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    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....

    Ruddigore
  • 1950
    Fowl Play

    Fowl Play

    Fowl Play

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

    Fowl Play
  • 1946
    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

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

    A Modern Guide to Health
  • 1948
    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

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

    Robinson Charley
  • 1953
    The Moving Spirit

    The Moving Spirit

    The Moving Spirit

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    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 Moving Spirit
  • 1948
    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

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

    Your Very Good Health
  • 1938
    Music Man

    Music Man

    Music Man

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    The first British animated Technicolor film.

    Music Man
  • 1948
    The Magic Canvas

    The Magic Canvas

    The Magic Canvas

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

    The Magic Canvas
  • 1952
    The Figurehead

    The Figurehead

    The Figurehead

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    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 Figurehead
  • 1942
    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

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

    Dustbin Parade
  • 1943
    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

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    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...

    Abu and the Poisoned Well
  • 1945
    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

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    Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

    Handling Ships
  • 1956
    The Candlemaker

    The Candlemaker

    The Candlemaker

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

    The Candlemaker
  • 1949
    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

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

    Charley's Black Magic
  • 1946
    Train Trouble

    Train Trouble

    Train Trouble

    01946HD

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

    Train Trouble
  • 1944
    Cold Comfort

    Cold Comfort

    Cold Comfort

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

    Cold Comfort