Joy Batchelor 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...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...