Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

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

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

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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...

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

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

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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