Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

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

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

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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