Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

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

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.

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

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

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

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

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

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

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

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...