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...

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

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

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

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

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

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...

Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

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

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