John Halas Filmes

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

An illustrated version of Twa Corbies made as the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain. Enlivened by the distinctive voice of John...

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

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

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

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

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

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar...

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

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

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

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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

This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

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

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole...

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...