Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

  • 1954
    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

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    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...

    Animal Farm
  • 1981
    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

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    The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

    Heavy Metal
  • 1964
    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

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

    Automania 2000
  • 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
  • 1967
    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

    01967HD

    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....

    Ruddigore
  • 1979
    Autobahn

    Autobahn

    Autobahn

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    An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be...

    Autobahn
  • 1946
    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

    01946HD

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

    A Modern Guide to Health
  • 1967
    The Question

    The Question

    The Question

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    This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or...

    The Question
  • 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
  • 1994
    Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

    Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

    Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

    01994HD

    Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

    Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
  • 1969
    Topology

    Topology

    Topology

    01969HD

    One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

    Topology
  • 1948
    Charley's March of Time

    Charley's March of Time

    Charley's March of Time

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

    Charley's March of Time
  • 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
  • 1979
    Dream Doll

    Dream Doll

    Dream Doll

    6.71979HD

    A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A...

    Dream Doll
  • 1947
    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

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

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On
  • 1966
    Little Tom Thumb

    Little Tom Thumb

    Little Tom Thumb

    01966HD

    Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

    Little Tom Thumb
  • 1982
    Players

    Players

    Players

    01982HD

    Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

    Players
  • 1974
    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

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    A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan...

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
  • 1945
    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

    01945HD

    Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

    Handling Ships
  • 1965
    Birds, Bees and Storks

    Birds, Bees and Storks

    Birds, Bees and Storks

    61965HD

    A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...

    Birds, Bees and Storks