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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

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...

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....

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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