Joy Batchelor Movies

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

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...

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

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

A BAFTA nominated specialized film

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

a short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation...

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

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

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

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

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...