Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

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

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 colorful cartoon commercial for soap flakes seems the last place that the realities of wartime life should creep in. A clothes cupboard opens to...

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...

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

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...

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

An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer...

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

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...