Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

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...

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

An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be...

One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

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...

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....

A young girl rescues a wild bird. She takes it back to the forest, then finds crystals in the mountain...

A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...

A humorous introduction to problem analysis and programming.

Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

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

A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...

An animated cartoon of drawings by young children, who imagine the motor car of today and of the future.

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

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

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

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar...

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...

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...

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