John Halas Movies

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

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

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

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.

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

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

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

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 naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...

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

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

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

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

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 set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.

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

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.