John Halas Movies

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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 first British animated Technicolor film.

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...

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

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

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