John Halas Movies

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

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

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

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

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.

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...

Cartoon set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.

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...

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

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...

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

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

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.

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that...

Animated satire of business practices

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.