Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

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 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...

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...

Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

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

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