John Halas Movies

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

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

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

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

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

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

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

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

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

A trip into a surreal winter garden, a voyage on a stormy sea, a grisly homecoming – there is something for everyone in this “experiment...

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

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

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

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

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.

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