Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

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...

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure...

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

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...

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.

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

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

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

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

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...

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

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

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

An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer...

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

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

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