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...

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

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

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

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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