Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

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

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

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 children...

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

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

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

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

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

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

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

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

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

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

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

The Shorts and the Talls just can’t see eye to eye until a mediating fairy arrives to help them make ends meet.

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

A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.