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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

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

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

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

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat...

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

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

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