Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

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...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to...

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

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 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...

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 cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...