John Halas Movies

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

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

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

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...

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

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

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

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

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...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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

An animated cartoon of drawings by young children, who imagine the motor car of today and of the future.

Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...

Cartoon set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.