John Halas Movies

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A...

The Maestro brings a world of emotions to life interpreted by the orchestra and the animation.

This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or...

Hello darkness my old friend. The four-part “experiment in word, music and paintings” that was made by the BFI for the 1951 Festival of...

Hamilton the elephant is being trained for the circus when he discovers his amazing musical ability; the ringmaster decides to exploit his new-found...

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...

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

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

Everyone knows that petroleum comes out of the earth, but the question is how did it get there, and what is it made of? The answer to these questions...

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

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

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

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

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

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

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

A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.

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