Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...

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...

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

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

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that...

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

Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.

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...

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

Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

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

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...

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...