Most Viewed From Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

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

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...

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...

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

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...

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

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 short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation...

Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

An animated cartoon of drawings by young children, who imagine the motor car of today and of the future.