John Halas Movies

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

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

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

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

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 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...

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

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

Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

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

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

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

Animated satire of business practices

A trip into a surreal winter garden, a voyage on a stormy sea, a grisly homecoming – there is something for everyone in this “experiment...

One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

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...

A documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation. John is a key figure in British cinema and...

This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or...