Joy Batchelor Movies

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

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...

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...

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.

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 film about the history and use of hot water.

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

A colorful cartoon commercial for soap flakes seems the last place that the realities of wartime life should creep in. A clothes cupboard opens to...

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

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