John Halas Filmes

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

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

A colorful cartoon commercial for soap flakes seems the last place that the realities of wartime life should creep in. A clothes cupboard opens to...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The first British animated Technicolor film.

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 musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...

An animated cartoon of drawings by young children, who imagine the motor car of today and of the future.

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

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