Movies

  • 1950
    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter

    01950HD

    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...

    The Shoemaker and the Hatter
  • 1964
    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

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    Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

    Midsummer Nightmare
  • 1962
    Hamilton in the Music Festival

    Hamilton in the Music Festival

    Hamilton in the Music Festival

    01962HD

    Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

    Hamilton in the Music Festival
  • 1942
    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

    01942HD

    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...

    Fable of the Fabrics
  • 1948
    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

    61948HD

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

    Your Very Good Health
  • 1949
    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

    01949HD

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

    Charley's Black Magic
  • 1945
    6 Little Jungle Boys

    6 Little Jungle Boys

    6 Little Jungle Boys

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

    6 Little Jungle Boys
  • 1964
    The Hoffnung Music Academy

    The Hoffnung Music Academy

    The Hoffnung Music Academy

    01964HD

    An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

    The Hoffnung Music Academy
  • 1970
    Painter and Poet No. 2

    Painter and Poet No. 2

    Painter and Poet No. 2

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

    Painter and Poet No. 2
  • 1963
    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

    01963HD

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

    The Axe and the Lamp
  • 1941
    Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

    Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

    Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard

    01941HD

    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...

    Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
  • 1965
    The Hoffnung Maestro

    The Hoffnung Maestro

    The Hoffnung Maestro

    01965HD

    The Maestro brings a world of emotions to life interpreted by the orchestra and the animation.

    The Hoffnung Maestro
  • 1950
    Fowl Play

    Fowl Play

    Fowl Play

    01950HD

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

    Fowl Play
  • 1952
    The Owl And The Pussycat

    The Owl And The Pussycat

    The Owl And The Pussycat

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    A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

    The Owl And The Pussycat
  • 1938
    Music Man

    Music Man

    Music Man

    01938HD

    The first British animated Technicolor film.

    Music Man
  • 1954
    Power to Fly

    Power to Fly

    Power to Fly

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    A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.

    Power to Fly
  • 1970
    Painter and Poet No. 3

    Painter and Poet No. 3

    Painter and Poet No. 3

    01970HD

    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...

    Painter and Poet No. 3
  • 1943
    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    Abu and the Poisoned Well

    01943HD

    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...

    Abu and the Poisoned Well
  • 1950
    As Old as the Hills

    As Old as the Hills

    As Old as the Hills

    01950HD

    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...

    As Old as the Hills
  • 1949
    Farmer Charley

    Farmer Charley

    Farmer Charley

    01949HD

    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...

    Farmer Charley