Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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

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

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

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

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

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...

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...

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

A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.

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

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

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

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

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...

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