Most Viewed From Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

A BAFTA award winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics.

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

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

One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

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...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

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

A documentary concerned with engineering projects connected with developing North Sea oilfields, specifically the Auk and Brent fields.

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

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...

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