Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they remind...

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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 co...

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

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

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.

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

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

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

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

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of...

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

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

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

Documents the life and influence of the Bahaus artist, László Moholy-Nagy.

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.

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 rev...