John Halas Movies

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...

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

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

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

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

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

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

Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

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 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...

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

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

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...

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

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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

If you haven’t already been diverted by the history of John Gilpin, or would like to venture that way again, you couldn’t find a better...