John Halas Movies

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

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

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

The Maestro brings a world of emotions to life interpreted by the orchestra and the animation.

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

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...

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

Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour.

If you haven’t already been diverted by the history of John Gilpin, or would like to venture that way again, you couldn’t find a better...

A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...