John Halas Filmes

Everyone knows that petroleum comes out of the earth, but the question is how did it get there, and what is it made of? The answer to these questions...

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

Documents the life and influence of the Bahaus artist, László Moholy-Nagy.

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

Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour.

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

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

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...

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

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

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 documentary essay about the unsung animation visionary, John Halas. An Animated Utopia explores his desire "to save the world using animation" and...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A young girl rescues a wild bird. She takes it back to the forest, then finds crystals in the mountain...

Hello darkness my old friend. The four-part “experiment in word, music and paintings” that was made by the BFI for the 1951 Festival of...

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

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

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