Joy Batchelor Movies

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

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

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

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

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

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

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 feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.

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

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

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

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

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

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...