John Halas Movies

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

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...

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...