Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

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

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....

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

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

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

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 poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint...

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

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

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

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...

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

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

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...

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

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

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

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