John Halas Movies

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

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

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

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

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

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

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

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

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...

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...

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

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

Hello darkness my old friend. The four-part “experiment in word, music and paintings” that was made by the BFI for the 1951 Festival of...

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

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

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

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 BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.