Joy Batchelor Movies

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat...

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

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

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

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a...

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

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

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...

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