Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

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

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...

Cartoon set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

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

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole...

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

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

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

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...